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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



Categories

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

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



Categories

Adoption Information/Referrals
Adoption Records
Adoption Legal Services
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Adoption Counseling and Support
Kinship Adoption
Adoption Petition Filing Offices
Foster Care Legal Services
Foster Home Licensing
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Relinquishment for Adoption Assistance and Support
Adoption Evaluation/Placement
  • Public Health Field Nursing
    A voluntary home visiting program with a Public Health Nurse to support families during pregnancy and with children up to 5 years old. The program provides strength-based case management, assists families with accessing resources, and provides health and parenting education.
  • Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
    An evidence-based home visiting program that pairs first time expectant parents with a specially trained nurse. The program begins during pregnancy and provides support, education, and resources to families until their child turns 2 years old. Nurses also check in with the parent regarding their health and wellness and their child's growth and development.
  • Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program (CPSP)CPSP is a statewide program that provides enhanced reimbursement for a wide range of services to Medi-Cal eligible pregnant and postpartum women.
  • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) ProgramPublic Health Nurses in Santa Cruz County provide bereavement support, information, resources, and follow-up services to assist families and caregivers who have experienced the loss of an infant from SIDS or Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID).

Categories

Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Infant Massage Instruction
Parent Support Groups
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Prenatal Care
Home Health Aide Services
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
General Bereavement and Grief Support Groups
Pregnancy/Childbirth Support Groups
Infant and Child Safety Education
Prenatal Fitness
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Treatment
Pregnancy Counseling
Specialized Information and Referral
Well Baby Care
Resources, education, advocacy, crisis intervation, and hope to adoptive families. Offers adoptive families an opportunity to better understand their children, develop family skills to meet their needs, and access appropiate resources.

Categories

Parenting Skills Classes
Adoptive Parent/Child Search
Kinship Adoption
Adoption Information/Referrals
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Adoption Counseling and Support