If you are already an Up Center foster parent, please login here to view our training schedule and access additional information.
If you are already an Up Center foster parent, but don't have information on how to login to our Foster Parents Only site, please email Christa Paulosky or call at 757.965.8670.
Foster Parenting
Nearly anyone—single or married, young or old, retired or working—can change a child’s life by being a foster parent. All that’s needed is a safe, stable, and nurturing environment.
The Up Center needs the following:
- Regular Foster Parents to open their homes to children and adolescents with minimal special needs
- Therapeutic Foster Parents to provide specialized parenting for children and youth with special needs—children who have not thrived in regular foster care
- Respite Foster Parents to provide a reprieve to other foster parents when they need to take a temporary break
- Foster-to-Adopt Parents to foster and then possibly adopt their foster child
The Up Center offers training classes, as well as 24-hour support and financial compensation. There are no fees involved with becoming a foster parent. To read more about foster and adoptive parenting, click here to read about some of our agency's success stories.
If you are interested in becoming a foster parent, please take a moment to read our Frequently Asked Questions (faqs) about Foster Parenting and complete our foster parent inquiry form. Or, contact Christa Paulosky at 757.965.8670.
