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

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 Counseling and Support
Kinship Adoption
Adoption Records
Foster Care Legal Services
Adoption Petition Filing Offices
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Adoption Information/Referrals
Adoption Legal Services
Adoption Evaluation/Placement
Relinquishment for Adoption Assistance and Support
Foster Home Licensing
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Services and Programs:Pregnancy Access and Education provides pregnant women information, referrals and coordination to access early and comprehensive prenatal care. Also provides assistance in accessing prenatal care to pregnant women with substance use and /or mental health concerns.

Stress Busters: Mental Healthcare, Mindfulness Practices, Supportive Relationships

Categories

Infant Massage Instruction
Prenatal Care
Prenatal Fitness
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Pregnancy Counseling
Well Baby Care
Parent Support Groups
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Treatment
Home Health Aide Services
Infant and Child Safety Education
Pregnancy/Childbirth Support Groups
Specialized Information and Referral
General Bereavement and Grief Support Groups
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
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
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Adoptive Parent/Child Search
Kinship Adoption
Adoption Information/Referrals
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Adoption Counseling and Support