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What is alternative care?
- The care and supervision of a child, youth by a person who is not a child’s parent according to the custom of the child’s band or First Nation community.
- Accepting and loving a child who may have difficulty returning affection.
- Helping a child with their emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual development, while preserving and maintaining their culture and language.
- Providing a child with food, clothing, shelter, and a safe environment.
- Supporting the child’s relationship with their birth family.
Criteria for Caregivers:
- At minimum 18 years of age
- Male or female
- With or without their own children
- From all cultural backgrounds
- Homeowners or home renters
- Retired
- Employed outside of the home
- Married, single, divorced, widowed, or living common-law
- Physically and mentally capable of meeting a fosters child’s needs
- Free from a major illness or trauma in the past 12 months
- Satisfactory Criminal Records and Child Abuse Registry checks
Reasons for becoming a care provider:
- You have room in your heart and your home.
- Your family is ready to accept the challenge of fostering.
- You believe children need to remain connected to their communities and families.
- You are ready to support a child to maintain their cultural and spiritual identity.
- You have a desire to help make a difference in the life of a child or youth.
- You are needed to help children and youth develop into healthy, confident, and stable people.
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