Foster Care

The Need For Families Is Important
PROVIDE A HOME AND A FUTURE
BECOME A FOSTER PARENT

Foster parenting is a very rewarding experience for both the parent and child. As a foster parent, you will be able to make an immense difference in a child’s life by taking them into your home. 

At Foster First, our ultimate goal is to provide safe and loving homes for children. For this reason, our potential parents go through a process that gives proper education and training. This is done to ensure a safe and healthy environment is present in all of our foster homes.

At Foster First we offer:

  • Orientation classes 
  • Right Response training
  • Educational classes 

We are a Child Placement Agency

Foster First provides CPA services from the ages of 0-17. We help children and families resolve problems, assist parents in enhancing their protective capacity, and progress toward permanency. Whether this means assisting for short-term, long-term, or on the path to potential adoption. Most of the children we place in our program are between the ages of 5-17.

We provide the highest level of support to families every step of the way from emergency placement to our matching process. The counties we serve are Yakima, Benton, Klickitat, Kittitas, Franklin, Chelan, Douglas, and Grant.

We offer Behavior Rehabilitation Services (BRS)

Behavior Rehabilitation Services (BRS) is a temporary intensive wraparound support and treatment program for youth with high-level service needs. The program’s goal is to safely increase the child’s behavioral, school, and placement stability — and potential to reach permanency. With the focus of developing the necessary supports that would allow the child to maintain or develop a permanent family connection.

BRS youth are placed in a trained therapeutic foster home to respond to the many behaviors of the child

Foster First provides support to therapeutic foster families and youth through qualified Case Managers and Family Facilitators. Our team meets regularly with youth and involves the foster families with the implementation of the youth’s treatment, supervision and safety plans. 

Foster First works in collaboration with the child’s social worker and all other professionals to support the child. We additionally offer after-hours on-call support for crises.

Our Goal

At Foster First, we want to ensure that every child placed within our programs is provided the tools necessary to gain life long skills that will benefit them throughout their life.

Fostering Qualifications

In order for you and your home to begin the licensing process these items must be met:

  • At Least 21 Years Of Age
  • Single, Married, or Domestic Relationship
  • Financially Stable -Able To Meet Family’s Need
  • Good Physical, Emotional, and Mental Health
  • Adequate Space In Home For Additional Child
  • Pass State And Federal Criminal Background Check
  • Own or Rent Your Home
  • At Least 1 Adult in Home Must Be a Permanent Resident of the US 
 
 
 
 
 

The Process

Seven Small Steps – To Change a Child’s Life
Contact a Licensor at Foster First
Schedule an Orientation Class
Pass a Criminal Background Check
Complete Required Training
Prepare and Complete Home Study
Become Licensed and Get Matched
Begin Family Life Together at Home

Get Started

We’re here to help and it’s easier than you think. 

Contact Our Licensor

If you are interested in becoming a foster parent or simply have questions, contact our licensor.

We understand this decision takes time and raises many questions, but rest assured, we are here to assist you at each stage of the process. 

“With 19 years of experience in child welfare, my passion has not left me.
I truly love what I do and how I can do my part by licensing qualified and loving homes for your children”

– Greg Reichenberger, Licensor