About Foster Care

What is Foster Care?

Foster Care is a temporary placement, which assists children in preparing for return to their birth parents or for a more permanent placement such as adoption or guardianship. Social workers visit the home on a regular basis to provide services to support the children's needs. Foster parents receive ongoing financial and medical assistance.

A Home For Me

DCS provides the community with information, training, and support needed to pursue foster care and adoption. Our procedures are flexible, culturally sensitive and responsive to the needs of the community. Staff are available to assist you through the process of becoming a foster or adoptive parent.

Foster and adoptive parents are encouraged to team with each other and DCS staff to support the child and themselves.

Next Steps

DCS staff regularly schedule foster care and adoption orientations throughout the county. These orientations are designed to describe the roles of foster and adoptive parents.

Click Here to view our schedule: Orientation Schedule

Click here to view our brochure: Foster/Adoptive Parent Recruitment Brochure

To learn more on how to become a foster parent in San Bernardino County, please e-mail Foster Home Services or call us at 1-800-722-4477.