Foster Care Services
Health and Human Services
Statewide;
Child Safety and Welfare
To provide temporary (short-term or long-term) care for infants, children and adolescents who have been removed from their own homes because of abuse, exploitation, or neglect by a parent or caretaker that has been substantiated by county DSS staff. Foster Care Services are designed to strengthen, preserve, and/or reunite families after children have come into agency legal custody or placement responsibility.
Provides direct or indirect services (e.g., health care, childcare, inspections, case management, classes/sessions, counseling, referrals, consultations)
Children (0-5), Youth (6-15), Transitional Youth (16+), Families, Service Providers
20,501
$44,797,835
$119,936,497
$2,185
No
Descriptive, Output, Efficiency/Process, Outcome
Yes
* All information is self-reported by the agency or institution and has not been independently reviewed and validated.