Child guardianship, foster care and kinship care

Services and information

• Apply for child guardianship

  Apply to be the legal guardian of a child.

• Assets of a minor

  The Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee (OPGT) protects a minor's assets when there's no other trustee available.

• Become a foster caregiver

  Provide temporary care for children and youth in need, in a healthy, nurturing family environment.

• Become a kinship caregiver

  Children can receive temporary placement with extended family such as a grandparent, or someone with whom they’re significantly connected.

• Foster and kinship care stories

  Foster and kinship caregivers share inspiring stories about the children they’ve helped, and how caregiving changes lives.

• Foster and Kinship Caregiver Week

  Join us at events across Alberta in support of foster and kinship caregivers.

• Support for foster and kinship caregivers

  Compensation, social supports, services, training and resources available to caregivers.

• Terminate the guardianship of a child

  Remove legal guardianship of a child from yourself or someone else.