FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION SERVICES | COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES

FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION SERVICES

500 Westridge Drive, Watsonville, CA 95076

Eligibility

If you are an individual age 21 and over, or couple, in good health, able to demonstrate an ability and interest in caring for children and provide a safe living environment for a child, you may be eligible as a foster or adoptive parent! Contact us to learn more: https://www.santacruzhumanservices.org/FamilyChildren/FosterCareandAdoptions

Hours

Mon 8am - 5pm Tue 8am - 5pm Wed 8am - 5pm Thu 8am - 5pm Fri 8am - 5pm

(831) 345-2700

Voice - Intake | Orientation Registration Line

https://www.santacruzhumanservices.org

[email protected]

Languages

English, Spanish

Application process

Call for appointment

Fees

Fees vary based on services

Service area

Santa Cruz County, California

Description

The Family & Children's Services Foster Care Program provides foster parent recruitment, licensing of relative caregiver and foster family homes, training and support for relative caregivers and foster families and enforcement of foster care regulations. The Adoptions Program places children who are unable to live safely with their birth family into permanent homes. We recruit and screen prospective adoptive parents, finalize adoptions, provide post-adoption services and provide services to birth parents who choose to voluntarily relinquish their parental rights.

Learn more: https://www.santacruzhumanservices.org/FamilyChildren/FosterCareandAdoptions

What's Here

Adoption Counseling and Support Foster Parent/Family Recruitment Kinship Adoption Adoption Information/Referrals Foster Care Legal Services Adoption Petition Filing Offices Adoption Legal Services Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups Adoption Records Adoption Evaluation/Placement Relinquishment for Adoption Assistance and Support Foster Home Licensing

Providing organization

COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES

The County of Santa Cruz Human Services Department's Family & Children's Services provides services to children who have been abused or neglected, or are at risk of abuse or neglect, with a focus on child safety, child and family well-being and permanent homes for children. We work collaboratively with many local agencies and community partners to support and strengthen families and keep children safe in Santa Cruz County.