Ark Homes Foster Family Agency

Not happy social worker Marlo she accuse me of only carrying about the money when I was standing to my child’ rights and all their false information they won’t do anything for us foster parents they team up against you and they get county involved when is convenient I ask for a change of social worker because she was insulting me and not being professional and they said no , I am very disappointed Farrah from HR acted like she understands me and new the situation was wrong but yet didn’t do anything to help me I am very disappointed that we help make the difference to this kids life’s we do most of the part and yet we get treated with no respect or as a criminal for asking questions

I really wish I did not have to edit this review. After 2 years of fostering with ARK, they closed our license after the adoption of our daughter with absolutely no warning before hand or information as to why and without our consent. They did this knowing that our daughter had another sibling in care that we were trying to get placement of. They told us the agency would not license us because we had too many young children (despite there being exceptions made all the time especially to keep siblings together) but that the county could chose to license us anyways. Rather than allowing the county to transfer our license from them to county directly and keep these siblings together, they completely closed our license and forced the county to have to relicense us from scratch in order to prevent these siblings from being separated which took months. They refused to answer my phone calls, refused to provide our previous home study to the county, and out right ignored and avoided me. As long as Jackie is still supervising, I would recommend becoming licensed with another agency. The fact of the matter is while the social workers I worked with were very kind and cared about the kids, they have little to no power in the life of the case of the child. ARK homes requires an insane amount of work from their foster families above and beyond what the county requests, and offers almost no support to the families in return. When I asked for referrals to trauma Informed health care practitioners, they had no idea, so I found them myself and provided those names. When I asked for assistance with supervision of a visitation that became unsafe, I was met with a ton of pushback and it only took place once it was court ordered. When i asked questions, rarely were they answered or answered with incorrect information. They do not have a supply closet for families, support groups, resource lists or contacts or anything else that makes foster agencies preferable to the county. The supervisor,Jackie, is a person who enjoys having power over people and being right. She is a bully. She actively stood in the way of reuniting siblings to grow up together because of her own power trip which is sickening. I enjoyed our direct social workers, but the supervisors need an overhaul in order to practice ethically. These are children's lives they are playing with.

The workers are super kind, loved volunteering there! :D

Just read about them, I am looking forward to adopting a puppy or small dog from them.

Not happy.