Olive Crest: Become a Foster Family

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Foster and Adoptive Parenting

We are looking for parents interested in temporary respite care (weekends), short-term shelter care (up to 30 days), foster care (assisting a reunification with biological families), and foster/adoption. Click here to learn more about the levels of involvement.

A foster parent provides a safe, loving home for children who are unable to live with their biological parents due to allegations of abuse or neglect.

Being a foster/adoptive parent means fostering a child or children with the intent to adopt. Our goal is to find permanent homes for children who become available for adoption.

To fill out an online pre-application, please click the region closest to you.

Southern Nevada		Los Angeles County		Inland Empire/Coachella Valley & Victorville
Orange/San Diego County		Pacific Northwest

If you do not live in an area Olive Crest serves, please contact your local state or county agency to learn more about the foster or fost/adopt process in your community.

Become a Foster Parent

Although the certification process has various stages, below are a few basic requirements to become a foster or foster/adopt family. Click here to learn more about the certification process of becoming a foster/adoptive parent.

Foster Parents must:

Demonstrate an ability to accept and integrate a child into the family
Exhibit a quality relationship with their own children when applicable
Be at least 21 years old (There is no maximum age limit.)
Be in good physical and mental health
Be fingerprinted and cleared through Department of Justice, Child Abuse Index, and FBI
Be able to show, through their life choices, that they have resolved any past traumas and/or issues
Be willing to work with Olive Crest Case Managers
Be willing to work with the foster child’s natural family members when appropriate
Be able to attend and participate in the pre-certification training program

By the end of the certification process, in addition to other things, a foster family’s home must at least:

Be free from hazards
Have all medications, vitamins, poisons, and knives locked-up
Secure all bodies of water on a family’s property, including: pools, spas, fountains, and ponds
Have a fire extinguisher (ABC) in the kitchen
Have operational smoke detectors
Have firearms/weapons locked separately from ammunition
Adjust water temperature to be between 105 and 120 degrees

To learn more, please call 1-800-74-FOSTER.

Please help us serve you better through our foster and adoption services!

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Olive Crest Provides Support For Parents

Once a child is placed in one of our homes, it is our goal to provide care for the entire family. Our case managers are committed to their foster/adoptive families, and provide ongoing case management and support.

Some of our services include:

Training and Education (foster care, emergency shelter, biological family respite, intensive community based treatment services and rehabilitation skills training/support counselor)
Ongoing Home Visits
Financial Reimbursement
School Consultation
Coordination of Medical Needs
24/7 Help Line
Special Events and Activities
Support Groups
Tutoring
Mentoring
Overall Guidance in Child Development
Mental Health Counseling

Are You Ready For To Change Your Life For The Better?

Olive Crest Online Support Group for Foster/Adoptive Families
24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Olive Crest recently launched an online support group for our Foster and Adoptive Families through Yahoo groups. We hope this site will provide families with an opportunity to ask questions, gain insight, and share successes with other families.

For confidentiality purposes, this group is for Olive Crest families only. All site postings are monitored to ensure that our children's confidentiality is maintained. We hope that this will be a helpful resource! To join the group, click here.