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. It's easy to get started online (click here), or by calling Farra Hackworth at 757-965-8670.

The Up Center needs the following:

• Regular Foster Parents in Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News and the surrounding communities 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.  Call Farra Hackworth at 757-965-8670 to register for our next Foster Parent Orientation. Once an orientation is complete, potential foster parents can pick training sessions that work with their schedules.

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 Farra Hackworth at 757.965.8670. You can make a difference in a child's life, and we need your help! Contact us today.