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Foster Care Resources

Are you a foster parent? Looking for foster care resources? Do you know a family who needs support?

There are 31,042 Hoosier children in foster care. MHS and the state of Indiana continue to stay up-to-date on issues affecting foster children and families in your community.   

Helpful Links

The following organizations will connect you with foster care resources and services in your area:

  • Adult & Child Health – Provides therapeutic foster care training programs, licensing forms and information, and other foster care resources.
  • Children’s Bureau, Inc. – For information on foster care, older youth services, adoption, child care and home-based services, and training opportunities.
  • Child Welfare Information Gateway – For information about National Foster Care Month, partners of the organization, resources, real life foster care stories, and ways to connect.
  • Indiana Association of Resources and Child Advocacy (IARCA) – Promotes cooperation among organizations providing services to children and their families.
  • Indiana Department of Child Services – Provides access to information for foster parents, foster children, relative/kinship caregivers, forms, and policies.
  • Indiana Foster & Adoptive Parents – Provides up-to-date information on foster care legislation, ways to get involved, advocacy, and support for foster care.
  • Indiana’s Waiting Children – Meet Indiana’s children in foster care waiting for adoption.
  • Foster Fairies – Looking for ways to donate to foster children in your area? Know a foster child or family who is in need of supplies? Foster Fairies assists with foster families’ needs and wishes.
  • Foster Success – Offers assistance and resources designed to successfully help youth transitioning out of the foster care system.
  • The Villages of Indiana – Offers a number of programs related to Indiana families and children. Find information on becoming a foster or adoptive parent, including info sessions and foster parent training opportunities.

MHS Resources

Phone Numbers

  • Indiana Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline: 1-800-800-5556
  • Foster Care Helpline: 888-631-9510
  • MHS Dedicated Foster Care Team: 1-877-647-4848 and ask for Foster Care Team

 

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  • If you are struggling & need support, text MHS to 741741. It’s free, anonymous & available 24/7. You are not alone. Learn more on our Crisis Text Line page.
Last Updated: 02/06/2024