Hundreds of children in foster care throughout Michigan need the stability of a safe and loving home with caring parents to nurture and guide them.  Many of these children have never known what it is like to have healthy meals every day, or a warm bed to sleep in, or clean clothes that fit, or have never had someone to help them with their homework, cheer for them at an event, or encourage them to keep trying when learning to tie their shoes, read a book or fill out a job application.  These children have been abused, neglected, and abandoned by those they loved and trusted the most.

If you have compassion and love to give to hurting children, and a safe, loving home, then you already possess what they need most at this difficult time in their life.  YOU!  With love, support, encouragement, stability and parental consistency…you never know who they could become! 

As a foster parent for Holy Cross Children's Services, we will provide you with free ongoing training to enhance your parenting skills, 24 hour support from a trained Permanency Worker and a financial stipend to help meet the needs of the children in your care (clothing, health care, food, extra-curricular activities).

 

Foster Care Application Process

All Holy Cross Children's Services foster parents must:

• Be 18 years of age or older
• Be of good moral character
• Express a willingness to provide care for children who are served by the agency
• Demonstrate an understanding of the care which must be provided to the children served by the agency or express a willingness to learn how to provide that care
• Have adequate time to provide care and supervision for the children
• Have a defined source of income, and be capable of managing that income to meet the needs of the foster family
• Be of such physical, mental, and emotional health to assure appropriate care of children
• Express a willingness and demonstrate the ability to work with a foster child’s family or future family
• Demonstrate suitable habits, temperament, and reputation to assure the proper care and safety of children
• Demonstrate a willingness and ability to comply with the licensing rules for foster homes
• Pass a background (police) check and Central Registry check.

Step 1: Complete the HCCS Foster Parent Inquiry form.  A HCCS Home    Developer will contact you and assist you with steps 2, 3 and 4. 

Step 2: Attend Orientation

Step 3: Complete Holy Cross Children's Services foster parent training

Step 4: Complete a home study

If you have any questions or would like to become a foster parent, please contact one of our four Foster Care offices. 

Detroit Area Office:
Katherine Drexel Center
23915 Elmira Street
Redford, MI 48239
Phone: (313) 537-7941
Fax: (313) 537-2311

Saginaw/Flint Area Office:
Holy Cross Children's Services
625 Yale Street
Saginaw, MI 48602
Phone: (989) 799-2503
Fax: (989) 799-2652

Northern Michigan Office:
Holy Cross Children's Services
207 W. Grandview Parkway
Suite 200
Traverse City, MI 49684
Phone: (231) 922-9664
Fax: (231) 922-9675

Western Michigan Office:
Holy Cross Children's Services
1565 Cedar Street, NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Phone: (616) 451-6021
Fax: (616) 451-6037