Foster Care

May is National Foster Care Month.
Explore this site to learn more about foster care or attend an upcoming information session.

Foster care is temporary care for children who have the ultimate goal of returning home to their birth parents or other relatives. Foster parents play a vital role in understanding the needs of the children during these difficult times, and their help, intervention, and nurturing can make all the difference to a child in need.

Believe in a Child...click a topic below to learn more about Foster Care:

• Fact Sheet about Foster Care
• Questions & Answers about Foster Care
• Foster Parent Job Description
• Reasons to be a Foster Parent
• Steps in becoming a Foster Parent
• Foster Care Information Meetings
• Contact Information
• Foster Care Wish List
• Questions and Answers about Human Services Therapeutic Foster Care Program
  

If you believe that you can make a difference, call Wake County Human Services at 919-212-7474.