More and more at-risk children in Kentucky have no place to call home. With your help, we can give these kids the safety and compassion they need to have a better life. Many of these children have no one. If we don’t reach out to them, who will? If you have room in your home and in your heart for a foster child, please don’t hesitate to give them what so many of us take for granted every day: a place to belong.

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Selection Criteria

Become a part of the mission of Buckhorn Children & Family Services – to provide a sanctuary of health, healing, and hope to at-risk kids – by choosing to be a treatment foster parent or family! Show these children, who have often been terribly abused and neglected, that there is goodness in the world and help them as they continue on the road to recovery, hope, and a brighter future.

BCFS foster parents shall be aged 21 or older (KY state regulation).

One parent must be available to transport the youth to and from appointments and provide care for the youth should they become ill during school hours.

BCFS foster parents shall demonstrate emotional and financial stability, be well-tempered, self-controlled, responsible, and have a good sense of humor.

Foster/adoptive homes shall not be used simultaneously for any other social service such as a day care center or home for the elderly, unless prior approval is given by the director.

BCFS foster parents must be willing to work closely and cooperatively with the Case Manager and the Treatment Team in learning how to carry out treatment and parenting procedures.

BCFS foster parents must have transportation, maintain adequate vehicle insurance on any vehicle they own, and have a telephone.

BCFS foster parents will provide transportation* for medical and dental appointments, counseling sessions, school, community, and other recreational activities that are deemed necessary for the welfare of the child.

Foster/adoptive parents will complete daily documentation/progress notes and medication logs.

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To become a foster parent or a foster family, you will need to:

• Complete application and interviews.
• Submit all requested information.
• Complete training.

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Ready to share your home and life with one or more of our children? Let us know! Our R & C Specialist is available to answer your questions, provide more information about training, and to guide you through the process.