Maple Star
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Contact Information
2250 S. Oneida Street
Suite 200
Denver, CO 80224
United States
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Suite 200
Denver, CO 80224
United States
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | 8 AM-4:30 PM |
| Tuesday | 8 AM-4:30 PM |
| Wednesday | 8 AM-4:30 PM |
| Thursday | 8 AM-4:30 PM |
| Friday | 8 AM-4:30 PM |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Maple Star is a specialized community services agency that provides safe, stable, and healing homes children who have experienced trauma. We continually need foster parents that will care for and equip these children to live healthy and productive lives.
Foster care is the temporary care of children who have been removed from their own families. Children are removed from their families for a number of different reasons, including abuse and neglect, substance abuse, and family crisis. The children are in the legal care of the State, but—like every child—they need a family to care for them.
The purpose of foster care is to provide a safe, loving, and supportive home for those children who cannot live with their family or on their own. While the child is in foster care, a team consisting of caseworkers, mental health providers, life skills workers, and other professionals work to provide services to the child’s family, with the goal of healing and strengthening the family so that the child can be reunited with parents who are able to provide safe, nurturing relationships intended to last a lifetime.
The primary goal is to reunite children with their biological families; however if this is not possible, foster families may be given the option to provide permanent foster care or to adopt the child(ren) in their care.
Services and information
- Traditional Foster Care
- Specialized / Therapeutic Care
- Emergency Foster Care
- Respite Foster Care
Requirements to become a foster parent
You must meet minimum requirements to provide foster care for children in Colorado. Foster parents for children and families must:
- Be 21 years of age or older
- Maintain sufficient income to support a family
- Have physical and mental capability to care for children and youth
- Pass a child abuse background and criminal background check
- Work with a treatment team and undergo future training
- Complete a Home Study
Prospective foster families can contact a Colorado child placement agency or your local Department of Human Services. Social workers in these child welfare agencies will provide information about Colorado's child welfare system, foster care, and the adoption process.
Social workers recommended that other adults and children in your home agree to provide long-term home care, too. If everyone is ready to welcome a new child, your local agency will help your home become an approved foster home.
Ratings and Reviews
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Feb 22, 2020
My husband and I have been foster parents with Maple Star for over 6 years and we are on our second round with them! They are without a doubt the most supportive agency I've ever heard of. When talking to other families about the possibility of fostering, Maple Star is the only agency I recommend. Our home supervisor, Maria, has been there for every question and every need. They really make fostering successful.
Feb 14, 2020
I love being a foster parent with Maple Star. I’m going on three years with them and never have they let me down. They are supportive, knowledgeable and will fight with you should the need arise. The other parents are great too, they support each other, help out when needed and never let another parent feel alone in this roller coaster of a journey. If you are interested in fostering, give them a call. It’ll be the hardest, best, most life changing decision ever.
Feb 12, 2020
After a lot of research into all the foster care agencies, programs and counties around us, we decided to get licensed as foster parents through Maple Star because of their personal approach and multifaceted program. Their staff has always been supportive in helping us navigate the new world we jumped into!
Feb 11, 2020
Love, love, love working with Maple Star. As a foster parent it is comforting to know I have resources and help whenever a need arises. Maple Star creates an environment of support among staff and other foster families.
Feb 11, 2020
My wife and I have been foster parents with Maple Star for a few years. From the beginning, when we initially started our training through the monthly visits, Maple Star has been professional and real advocates for us as foster parents and for the children in our care.