When you choose to become a foster parent through Family Care For Children & Youth, your case manager will provide the support and training you need. Our goal is to teach our foster families our proven techniques, responses, and theories in order to ensure the development of strong, productive relationships. While we take care of getting you ready for your first placement, you’ll need to make sure your home is prepared as well. Follow these tips when setting up the child’s bedroom.
When Preparing a Foster Child’s Bedroom
Choose Neutral Colors
If you’re painting the walls, avoid gender-specific colors such as blue and pink. Consider grays, creams, and whites in order to stay gender neutral, and you can start including color, patterns, and themes once you know your foster child’s age, gender, and preferences. Put a plain, neutral blanket on each bed in the bedrooms. You can let the child pick out his or her own comforter later.
Set Out the Child’s Items
When your foster child arrives, let there already be certain things in the bedroom that are his or hers. Some of the children who come into your care will arrive with next to nothing, so prepare a collection of toiletries and hygiene products, an extra throw blanket, and whatever else you want to include so your foster child can have something that belongs to him or her immediately.
Prepare Comfy Clothes
You’ll do the bulk of your clothes shopping after the child arrives for the sake of getting the correct sizes and allowing the child to pick out his or her own items, but that doesn’t mean you should have nothing for the child to change into. Keep a collection of comfy clothes, including sweatshirts, sweatpants, and pajamas that your foster child can wear around the house in the meantime.
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"THEY CARE ABOUT THE CHILDREN AND ARE VERY THOROUGH"
My husband and I always tell people that talk to us about wanting to foster or adopt about our agency. We enjoy working with this agency because the staff not only care about the careful placement of a child but also about us as a family. Our agency is available and quick to respond to us whether we have an emergency or just a question. They care about the children and are very thorough to ensure the children and the foster family are getting what they need.
Alice Cedrone
"WE ENJOY GIVING BACK"
Fostering is very positive experience not only for ourselves but also for the child’s well-being. We enjoy giving back. Providing a loving, nurturing home to a child gives the child an opportunity to have a normal childhood as possible.
Millie Flores
"WE WOULD RECOMMEND FCCY"
Picking FCCY to work with has been the best thing my husband and I could have done. We have had only positive experiences with this agency. The case managers are so good and give you total support as a foster parent. We would recommend FCCY to others looking into foster care.
P. Kyler