Foster Care Program

The Foster Parent Recruitment and Retention program is an effort to recruit and retain foster parents in Yolo County.   In partnership with the Foster Kinship Care Education (FKCE) program and EMQ Families First, we are not only raising the awareness of the community about foster parenting, we are providing the resources and support that families need in order to become foster parents.  Our goal is for more Yolo foster children to stay in Yolo County closer to their families, homes, schools and their local community.

Through these efforts the number of licensed foster families in Yolo has doubled since two years ago.  One of the best ways for Yolo families to explore the possibility of fostering and to learn about licensing and what it’s really like to be a foster parent is through the Foster Kinship Care Education (FKCE) classes.  Foster parents are required to complete the classes in order to become licensed but families are not required to become licensed after taking the classes.  The classes are  open to anyone interested in learning more about fostering.  The mission of the FKCE is to provide quality education and training for foster and kinship care providers so that these providers can meet children’s educational, emotional, behavioral and developmental needs.