Foster Parent Resources

Half of licensed parents stop fostering within the first year, often due to a lack of social support. Families can go from two kids at the dinner table to five around the breakfast table. Being able to say yes to standing in that gap take more than willingness, it creates some substantial, practical needs for support.

Get Exclusive Discounts And Offers On Our Foster Friendly App

Utah Kids Belong offers a Foster Friendly App that supports foster families with:

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Valuable services and discounts from by area businesses offered exclusively for support foster parents

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Links to faith communities that are Foster Friendly.

Download The Foster Friendly App.

Under your profile settings be sure to set your state to Utah to see offers in your area.

New businesses are being added regularly, so be sure to check back often.

app-store-Foster Friendly App
Google Play Foster Friendly App

Get Your Foster Parent Discount Card

Show this card to access the offers on the Foster Friendly App with local businesses.

What Businesses Do You Want To Invite To Become Foster Friendly?

What businesses would you like to see on the Foster Friendly App?

Foster parents are among the most passionate and effective voices for recruiting businesses to join our Foster Friendly App. You are a customer and you understand the importance of community support to support foster families.

Are you a business owner? Are you friends with one? Do you have a business you frequent that could be of service to foster families?

Nominate a business here in Georgia, and we’ll follow up to invite them to consider joining our Foster Friendly App.

Nominate A Business For Our Foster Friendly App

Is Your Faith Community Foster Friendly?

If you’re already part of a faith community, consider inviting them to become Foster Friendly. Here are some of the important ways faith communities can support foster care:

Teach

Teach about the intersection of foster care and faith to encourage more people to consider fostering, and to honor and encourage those who do.

trauma aware

Ensure their children and youth staff and volunteers are trauma aware.

Kinship Ministry

Support a ministry for kinship and foster families.


Our Foster Friendly Faith flyer highlights these best practices and provides resources to help your community take the next steps. Share it with your leadership next weekend.

FF Churches Flyer