Foster Care Program
Recruiting, training, licensing, and supporting families caring for Native children
The United Indians Indian Child Welfare (ICW)-Foster Care Program is a Child Placing Agency (CPA), located at Daybreak Star Cultural Center in Seattle, WA. The ICW-Foster Care program is licensed through DCYF regional licensing to assist Native American families who wish to become licensed to provide foster care. Our program assists non-Native American families currently caring for Native American children.
The ICW-foster care program recruits, trains, licenses, and offers support to families caring for Native American children. Our program provides supportive services to all families caring for Native American children who need access to culturally specific services and training.
The UIATF ICW-Foster Care Program is a Child Placing Agency contracted by the State of Washington to license homes for Native children needing out-of-home placements in the Puget Sound area. We work with caregivers throughout the licensing process and beyond, guiding them through the necessary training, paperwork and other elements in addition to providing ongoing support. We provide one-on-one attention to each family to ensure that all needs are met. While we are always looking for more Native foster parents, prospective foster parents do not have to be Native providing that they are committed to keeping their foster child(ren) culturally connected.
Interested in becoming a foster parent? See if you meet the following eligibility requirements:
- Are over age 21
- Have a valid driver’s license
- Willing to undergo a background check
- Are committed to keeping Native children culturally connected
- Willing to complete ongoing training
If you’re thinking about becoming a foster parent, contact us! We’ll be in touch.
Foster care support, training, culture nights
We provide ongoing foster care support as well as licensing. Our foster care program offers a monthly foster parent training/ support group focusing on issues that impact Native American children in foster care. Children have opportunities to participate in cultural activities while foster parents participate in training that provides insights into the care of children placed in their homes and training hours towards annual DCYF Foster parent training requirements. Foster parent training / family culture nights occur monthly. These are fun for the whole family with a meal and activities such as drum group, beading, hand drum making, traditional medicine workshops, and other cultural events. Foster parent training is available both in-person and virtually.
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