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FOSTER A CHILD ADOPT A CHILD
ADOPTION REQUIREMENTS
• The minimum age to become a foster parent is 21.
• You can foster if you’re single, married, divorced •You must be at least 18 to become an adoptive
or widowed: own or rent; have parenting experience parent.
or none at all; already have children in your home or • You can adopt if you are single, married, divorced
not. or widowed; own or rent; have parenting experience
• Like adoptive applicants, foster applicants will be or none at all; already have children in your home or
finger printed and have a criminal record check not.
completed. • Adoptive applicants will be finger printed and have
• You will need to complete all required training a criminal record check completed.
and be licensed as a foster parent. To do this, you • While State law does not specify the number of
will need to attend 30 hours of preparatory training training hours to become an adoptive parent, most
called “Trauma-Informed Partnering for Safety and adoption agencies provide training to those who
Performance/Model Approach to Partnerships in want to be foster or adoptive parents.
Parenting” (TIPS-MAPP). Many other families, like
yourself, will also participate in the classes, and you CHILDREN WAITING FOR ADOPTION INCLUDE:
will be able to learn from each others experiences. • Children with special needs, such as physical,
• Have a stable home and income. mental and emotional disabilities.
• Maintain a drug free environment. • Sibling groups and teenagers
• Minority children
