We are looking for more foster caregivers – to provide a temporary, stable, loving home to children in care. Foster caregivers are needed in every corner of Alberta, whether you live in a city, a small town or in a rural community. Foster caregivers can be single or have a partner, be already raising their own families, have no children, or be retirees whose children have grown and left home.
Kinship caregivers must have a family relationship or significant connection to the child – for example, grandparent, aunt or close family friend.
Initiatives strengthening the caregiver community include:
- increased caregiver rates by more than 6% since 2024
- five one-hour counselling sessions per year (foster caregivers)
- a refer-a-foster caregiver benefit program when you refer a new person and their home becomes licensed
- more supports for foster caregivers who care for young adults as they transition out of care
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