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 11, 2020
Maple Star is a wonderful agency to work with as a foster parent. Tons of training and support whenever you need it. Our home supervisor is like family to us. We are just about to finalize an adoption of our foster son, and we couldn't have done it without Maple Star supporting us every step of the way. I recommend this agency to all my friends who want to be foster parents!
Feb 11, 2020
I’ve had great experiences fostering with Maple Star. My home supervisor is always available when I need her, and they have been great at providing a support group for the moms once a month, and reaching out to ask what I need.
Feb 10, 2020
Maplestar offers wonderful support for their foster families. Through resources, support groups, available 24/7 on-call, we never feel like we're in this journey alone. Their training is excellent and they continue to challenge us to be better parents for the kids in our care. We're proud to be associated with Maplestar!
Jan 15, 2020
From the first day I walked into the office I felt a warm sense of welcoming. The staff was very professional and I sensed that they really cared about who they were allowing children to be fostered with. As I was going through the process of becoming a new foster parent in Denver the recruiter, E.P., kept in touch with me every step of the way, encouraged me, gave me training courses to have the knowledge of fostering here in Colorado.
I would like to end this review by stating I never write reviews, and I feel if they make me feel like family with all the positivism and support, then I know the children will have a positive transition which will be such a life changer.
Thank you for taking the time to read my experience.
Valori
Jan 14, 2020
Maple Star provides the best foster parent support in the state and provides excellent training to assist with the transition into foster parenting. I highly recommend to call their recruitment specialist if you’re interested in becoming a foster parent!