Become a Foster Parent in New York!
Catholic Guardian Services (CGS) was the first Catholic family foster care agency in the United States. We are CARF accredited and remain one of the largest foster care providers in the State of New York.
Have questions about becoming a foster parent?
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What is it like to be a foster parent?
Read and watch testimonials from past and current foster parents.
Our Family-Based Foster Care Programs
Family Foster Care
These are children and youth of families going through a difficult time due to a variety of reasons and as a result, their parents are unable to care for them.
Being a foster care parent means you will provide a safe, temporary placement for these children and youth in need until they can be reunified with their biological family.
Children in our Family Foster Care Program may become available for adoption if their biological parents cannot provide permanency for the child in care.
Treatment Family Foster Care
These are youth with emotional, social or behavioral issues, developmental concerns, past trauma, or medical needs who are deemed abused/neglected or abandoned and have been removed from their biological parents or other persons legally responsible for the child and require protective placement.
Being a treatment foster parent means that you will receive additional training for trauma based behavior management and provide a stable, temporary home until reunification with their biological family is possible.
Children in Treatment Family Foster Care may become available for adoption if their biological parents cannot provide permanency for the child in care.
Special Medical Family Foster Care
These are children and youth with minor to serious medical needs and/or complicated medical problems.
Being a specialized medical foster or adoptive parent means that you will receive additional specialized training and provide a safe, temporary home for those with physical, medical or developmental problems until they can be reunited with their biological family.
Children in special medical family foster care may be available for adoption if their biological parents are unable to provide permanency for the child in care.
Kinship Family Foster Care
Sometimes children need to be placed in the care of kin because they cannot stay home with their parents.
Kin caregivers may be a relative, friend of the family or a community member who has a significant and positive relationship with the child.
Children in Kinship Family Foster Care may become available for adoption if their biological parents cannot provide permanency for the child in care.
