After Your Initial Inquiry:
You will receive an
information packet with a
pre-interview questionnaire.
A placement
specialist will visit you to discuss the
foster and/or adoption program.
You will be invited
to pre-service
orientation training.
When you have completed the
training, a home study process will be conducted.
What kind of training will I
receive as a foster/adoptive parent?
Foster and
adoptive parents are required to attend 36 hours of Pre- Service Training
before a license is issued or you are approved to adopt. The agency will
provide this training in 12 different sessions meeting for 3 hours each.
Training will be held at Wayne County Children Services located at 2534
Burbank Road. Completion of training does NOT automatically make you a
licensed foster parent or approved for adoption. NO children are
permitted to attend Pre-Service training. NO childcare is provided. ALL
spouses or co-parents are required to attend training.
Pre-Service
training is interactive and will cover a variety of parenting topics that
will assist you with parenting children who come from situations of abuse
and neglect. Some of the topics offered include: