We want to help children find their forever family upon permanent removal.
Foster Care is for children who have been temporarily removed from their home and family by the State. In most instances, Christian Homes & Family Services provides foster care to protect the children while the State is allowing the parents an opportunity to resolve issues of alcohol or substance abuse, neglect, or unemployment. Almost always, the State’s goal is for the child to return to the biological family.
Loving, Christian foster parents are perhaps society’s most pressing need. Families willing to provide care for children of all ages are needed. Families willing to foster children seven years old and older are in greatest demand.
Infant Transitional Care is designed to provide pre-adoptive care for infants born to young women in the Christian Homes & Family Services maternity program. In most instances these newborns cannot be placed directly from the hospital with their “forever family” due to unresolved legal situations or possible health conditions that have to be diagnosed or treated prior to their adoption. Transitional care is typically short term — two weeks to three months — and concludes when the infant is placed with an approved Christian Homes adoptive family, chosen by the biological parents.
The goal of Christian Homes’ foster-to-adopt ministry is to find a forever family for each of these children: a mother and a father to care for them, love them, adopt them, and be their permanent new family — forever. We accomplish our goal by recruiting Christian couples whom God calls to establish a permanent relationship with foster children that culminates in adoption.
Foster parents at Christian Homes must complete the steps of Foster Parent Training. To be considered for foster parenthood, or to find out more, contact Christian Homes at 855-313-4725 or attention@ChristianHomes.com.
While providing care, foster parents receive a daily reimbursement from Christian Homes to offset the expenses of caring for the child. Counseling and medical care are also provided for the child.
Christian Homes is licensed in the state of Texas in both Abilene and Tyler, and their surrounding areas.
Foster Friends is the backup plan for Foster Families.
Welcoming a foster child into your home is a 24/7 responsibility. Foster children sleep, eat, play, learn, live and worship with their foster family, often learning for the first time what’s it’s like to be safe, nurtured, and loved. For some families, fostering is an easy choice. Others are hesitant to take on such a round the clock commitment as foster care. That’s why Christian Homes & Family Services developed Foster Friends its new back-up plan and volunteer opportunity for people who want to help abused and neglected children, but, for whatever reason, cannot commit to fostering a child every hour of every day. To a foster family, Foster Friends are a helping hand.
You see, when you are fostering, you can’t call just anyone to babysit or keep a foster child overnight; state regulations require training, and a clean background check. To discuss whether or not Foster Friends is a volunteer opportunity that’s right for you, call (855) 313-4725 or email us at attention@ChristianHomes.com.
If you are interested in finding out more information about fostering through Christian Homes & Family Services, please fill out the form below, and we will get with you soon. Thank you for sharing a passion of caring for children!
