About Foster Care
Foster care enables families to open their hearts and homes to children who cannot live with their parents due to family circumstances. Foster families can make a positive, lifelong impact on children as they help them grow physically, spiritually, emotionally, and intellectually. Foster care provides a temporary living arrangement – typically ranging from 6 to 18 months – until the parents are able to resume parenting. Children in care range from birth through 17 years of age. Very few babies or children have special needs, such as medication or counseling.
Foster families are licensed through Methodist Children’s Home, which is licensed by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (TDFPS) and accredited by the Council on Accreditation (COA).
The foster care program at MCH is served by staff members who carefully plan for the child’s care, monitor progress and adjustment to the foster home setting, support the foster family through frequent telephone calls and visits, and plan for the child’s eventual return to the home or alternate permanent placement.
Foster care through Methodist Children’s Home is unique because the majority of parents or legal guardians place children and youth voluntarily. MCH also accepts children under the conservatorship of TDFPS. MCH offers a per diem reimbursement for boarding care and day care for foster parents who work out of the home, along with routine medical and dental care for the foster children.
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Foster Care Inquiry
Foster care services are currently offered in our outreach offices located in Abilene, Dallas, Houston, and Tyler. If you are interested in becoming a foster parent, please complete the form below. Once submitted, the form will be sent to the closest outreach office offering foster care services and a Family Outreach staff member will be in contact with you.