Who/What: Foster or Foster-Adopt a Child!

Details:  (Santa Clarita, CA) Adoption is a meaningful way for individuals and couples to fulfill their
dream of parenting. There are approximately 64,000 children in foster care in California. Los
Angeles County’s foster care population exceeds 21,000 children with 500 foster children
waiting to be connected to a family who will adopt. Children’s Bureau offers a comprehensive
foster care and adoption program that brings families together for a lifetime. The agency is in
need of resource families for children in foster care while reunifying with birth families or to
provide legal permanency by adoption.

Children’s Bureau Resource Parents protect and nurture children, meet children’s
developmental needs, support children’s relationships with their birth families and do all of this
as a member of a professional team. Children’s Bureau welcomes every foster and foster-
adoptive parent regardless of, race, age, religion, disability, marital status, ethnic background,
sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. Qualifying families receive training, family
assessment, approval and support. A CB resource parent advises potential resource parents “to
come into it with an open mind and an open heart. Be prepared to care beyond anything you
could have ever imagined.” Watch Children’s Bureau resource families share their foster-
adoption experiences here: https://youtu.be/9HYsV-VO2Rk

Discover if you have the willingness, ability and resources to take on the challenge of helping a
child in need. A monthly information meeting is being held Saturday, December 16, 2017 from
10:00 AM to Noon at College of the Canyons, Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook University Center, Room
222, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91355. To R.S.V.P. or for more
information, please call 661.208.4212 or email us at [email protected]. An
information packet or application may also be obtained by filling out a request form on the
website at https://www.all4kids.org/program/foster-care/

ABOUT CHILDREN’S BUREAU
Since 1904, Children’s Bureau has been a nonprofit leader in the prevention and treatment of
child abuse and neglect. More than 30,000 children and families are helped each year
throughout Southern California with services that include school readiness, parenting classes,
family resource centers, support groups, mental health counseling, foster care and adoption.
Children’s Bureau is one of the largest investors in child abuse prevention in the country and is
developing a national model to transform an entire at-risk community through its Magnolia
Community Initiative.

Where:  College of the Canyons, Dianne G. Van Hook University Center, Room
222, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road, Santa Clarita

Contact: For information please visit at https://www.all4kids.org/program/foster-care/