For Foster Parents
Services for Foster Families
First Home Care offers a continuum of services that support, train, advise, educate, nurture and treat children at risk, adults, and their families, through programs in Virginia. Please contact your location’s parent trainers for updated forms, newsletters and more information.
Our therapeutic/specialized foster parents, trained in the Parent Skills Training (PST) model, offer caring and nurturing home environments that support children as they develop life skills, improve socialization skills, learn to succeed in school and develop a positive self-image.
Specifically, we offer our foster parents:
- Foster parent training
- Foster parent support
- Intensive case management
- Clinical support services
- School/vocational support
- Conflict resolution skills training
- 24-hour crisis support
- Orientation program
- Nonviolent crisis intervention
- CPR and First Aid training
- A team atmosphere
- Care coordination and consultation
- Service assessment and planning
- One-on-one in-service training
- Paid respite
- Case managers and supervisors available 24/7
Access our Foster Parent Portal here.
We’re Here to Help
To learn more about our services, or to become a foster parent, call 757-393-7200. We are here to answer your questions and guide you through the process. If you are experiencing an emergency, please dial 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.