Interested in Becoming a Resource Family?
When parents are unable to safely care for their children, we seek fostering and kinship caregivers who can provide the loving, committed, skilled care that the child needs, while working effectively with our Child Welfare team to achieve the best possible permanency option for that child. Foster Care is by definition a temporary situation.
Our goal is to help families stabilize and reunify whenever possible, serving best interests of the child. When reunification is not possible, we seek families to adopt and create stable, loving, forever homes for children in care.
Why do Children Enter Foster Care?
Children enter foster care for a number of reasons. In Napa County, the majority of children removed from their homes is due to general neglect.
General neglect is when a parent or caregiver fails to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, medical care or supervision.
Child Welfare services are available to children and their families when children are victims of, or at risk of, neglect, abuse (emotional or physical), illegal drug exposure, sexual exploitation, or parental absence.
Related Links
Steps to Becoming a Resource Family
Child Placed...Now What?
Kin/Relative Caregiver
Interested in Adoption?
Resources