Find The Foster Care Resource For Your State

Family is a life jacket in the stormy sea of life.

– J.K. Rowling

Find Foster Care Opportunities Close To Home

Child welfare typically prioritizes foster parents close to a child’s home base when safe and feasible. This is for bio family visits and to reduce other losses a child might experience as a result of being placed in foster care — loss of school, friends and extended family relationships.

Find The Foster Care Department In Your State

To help you take the next step to explore foster care we created this list of child welfare / foster care departments by state. States with * are part of the America’s Kids Belong Family.

Alabama	Department of Human Resources
Alaska	Department of Health and Social Services
Arizona	Department of Child Safety
Arkansas	Department of Human Services
California*	Department of Social Services
Colorado*	Depar tment of Human Services
Connecticut	Department of Children and Families
Delaware	Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families
Florida	Department of Children and Families
Georgia*	Division of Family and Children Services
Hawaii	Department of Human Services
Idaho	Department of Health and Welfare
Illinois	Department of Children and Family Services
Indiana*	Department of Child Services
Iowa	Department of Human Services
Kansas*	Department for Children and Families
Kentucky*	Department of Community Based Services
Louisiana	Department of Children and Family Services
Maine	Department of Health and Human Services
Maryland	Department of Human Services
Massachusetts	Department of Children and Families
Michigan	Department of Health and Human Services
Minnesota	Department of Human Services
Mississippi	Department of Child Protection Services
Missouri	Department of Social Services
Montana	Department of Public Health and Human Services
Nebraska	Department of Health and Human Services
Nevada	Department of Health and Human Services
New Hampshire	Department of Health and Human Services
New Jersey	Department of Children and Families
New Mexico	Children, Youth and Families Department
New York	Office of Children and Family Services
North Carolina	Division of Social Services
North Dakota	Human Services
Ohio	Department of Job and Family Services
Oklahoma	Human Services
Oregon	Department of Human Services
Pennsylvania	Department of Human Services
Rhode Island	Department of Children, Youth and Families
South Carolina	Department of Social Services
South Dakota*	Department of Social Services
Tennessee*	Department of Children’s Services
Texas	Department of Family and Protective services
Utah*	Department of Human Services
Vermont	Department for Children and Families
Virginia*	Department of Social Services
Washington	Department of Children, Youth and Families
West Virginia	Department of Health and Human Resources
Wisconsin	Department of Children and Families
Wyoming	Department of Family Services

America’s Kids Belong is partnering with communities across the country to help them become more Foster Friendly.

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