You are able to be a foster parent, even if you are divorced! However, it is important that you have a good support system in place! If you are alone, it is helpful to have someone that can help you if your car breaks down, if you need to work late, or if you are unable to pick up a child as agreed upon, or get them to an appointment.

It is perfectly okay to rent! You must have enough room in the apartment or rental building to accomodate the children that you will foster. Adding a child would not be feasible if you only have a one-bedroom apartment, for example.

As long as you are mentally, physically, and financially fit, and otherwise qualified to foster, being retired would not disqualify you from becoming a foster parent.

You are still able to foster as long as your childcare needs are still provided for whenever you are working.

You are still able to become a foster parent, even if you are a parent! You must consider the specific issues of potential placements, and of your children. Placements can be impacted based on the children in the room. For example, there are rules in place for how rooms can be shared. Also, if your children have behavioral or medical challenges, it may be difficult to place additional children in your home. Sometimes, children are unable to be placed with younger children, or they cannot be placed in the case of a large age gap.

You are allowed to bring children to church! However, we cannot force a child to engage in church-related expectations, such as praying, taking communion, baptism, etc. If your church has practices that could be potentially dangerous, we ask that you do not take the kids. We must also respect the faith of the child placed in your home. If they profess a certain religion, it is expected that you take them to that faith's services. (Such as taking a Catholic child to mass, a Jewish child to the local synagogue, etc.)

Chores that are part of teaching structure and routine, such as making the bed, cleaning the play area, etc. are appropriate. There are some limits preventing potentially dangerous chores, such as operating equipment, climbing a ladder, and more. Foster children are not placed to staff family businesses or to be used as laborers.

It is important to remember that foster care is designed to be temporary. The children are returned home, or a permanent family is targeted based on their potential kinship relationship, their time in foster care, and their specific needs. With that said, foster parents are often an obvious consideration to adopt the children they have cared for. It is very common that when adoption decisions are made, the foster parents are considered.