Primary Criteria

For Becoming a Foster Parent
The ability to provide a safe, nurturing home; sufficient income to support a child; and good mental and physical health. You can own or rent your home; be single or married; male or female.
In Addition, you must:
Be at least the age of 21, and pass tuberculosis criminal background checks; have adequate space for a child; and be emotionally stable and mature enough to work with children who have been through trauma.
You Will be trained
Volunteers are required to go through a thirty-two hour training over several sessions. This training covers the roles and responsibilities of CASA, the history and laws of child abuse, cultural awareness, and understanding families and children. A court observation is also required. At the end of the training, there is a swearing-in ceremony.