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Foster Care and Foster-to-Adopt

About Foster Care

We believe that every child should have the opportunity to live and thrive in a stable environment.

Child & Family Services provides foster homes and support services for children and adolescents, who are unable to remain in their own homes due to abuse, neglect or special needs. All children are different, and our case managers, mental health professionals and foster parents work together to provide customized care for each and every child.

We are licensed to place children from infancy through age 21, and we offer the following services:

Help for regular foster children, as well as therapeutic foster children, or those who have special needs
Intensive case management
Respite services for foster parents when they need a temporary break
Casey Independent Living Skills Training
Support groups for foster parents, children and youth
24-hour crisis intervention and emergency services

We also coordinate services, such as individualized group therapy, in-home therapy, mentoring and behavior aide services. Once we’ve matched a child with the foster home that is best for him or her, we may recommend specific services based on the child’s needs.

About Foster-To-Adopt

Child & Family Services of Eastern Virginia believes that every child deserves a forever home. In keeping with this ideal, Child & Family Services of Eastern Virginia offers a foster-to-adopt program wherein the foster parent chooses to legally adopt the foster child after the child has been placed in the home. This program allows a transition time for both the family and the child prior to adoption finalization. There are children in the foster care system looking for their forever home right now. Could you be their answer?

Refer A Child To Foster Care

If you would like to refer a child to our Foster Care or Foster-to-Adopt programs, please contact:
Kenya Jones at 757.397.2121, ext. 341 or Jennifer Pierce at 757.397.2121, ext. 330 during office hours.

Become A Foster Parent

If you are interested in becoming a foster parent, please complete the Foster Parent Inquiry Form. Be advised that our service area covers only prospective foster parents who live within a 100 mile radius of Portsmouth, Virginia. For more information please contact Christa Paulosky at 757.397.2121, ext. 331.