Connecticut Department of Children and Families
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Contact Information
505 Hudson Street
Hartford, CT 06106
United States
Online Contact Form
Hartford, CT 06106
United States
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | 9 AM-5 PM |
| Tuesday | 9 AM-5 PM |
| Wednesday | 9 AM-5 PM |
| Thursday | 9 AM-5 PM |
| Friday | 9 AM-5 PM |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
The Department of Children and Families has taken great strides over the last several years to improve how we serve vulnerable children and families in Connecticut. But, we have not done so alone. No one has been more instrumental in that progress than our foster parents.
Beyond question, foster parents have complex roles in caring for children with often complicated lives. What is far less complex is what motivates them to become foster parents. They say it is simple: they love kids, and the children need them.
Parents who adopt children and provide foster care say it's the most fulfilling and important thing they've ever done. As a foster or adoptive parent, you'll have the chance to make a REAL difference -- to do something that will have lasting importance.
Services and information
- Traditional Foster Care
- Emergency Foster Care
- Respite Foster Care
- Adoption
Requirements to become a foster parent
You must meet minimum requirements to provide foster care for children in Connecticut. Before you start, educate yourself and reach out to a foster care agency. Social workers recommend that you and other family members in your home feel ready before starting your foster journey. Caring for a foster child takes time, patience, and persistence.
Contact your local licensed child-placing agency or attend an orientation meeting to learn more about what fostering entails. They will inform you about foster parent requirements, common obstacles you might face, and unique challenges among foster children. All foster kids have experienced trauma. Training teaches foster parents how best to help foster children manage their feelings and feel secure.
You must meet minimum state requirements to qualify as a foster care provider in Connecticut. Foster parents must:
- Be 21 years of age or older
- Offer a safe living environment
- Pass a police and FBI background check
- Maintain sufficient income to care for a family
- Complete the 10-week training program
- Provide a separate bed for the foster child
- Complete the Home Study process
- Have a clean driving record (pass a DMV check)
Kids of the same gender in a similar age range may share a bedroom.
Contact the Connecticut Department of Children and Families or a local child-placing agency for additional questions about foster parent requirements.
Ratings and Reviews
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Dec 28, 2020
Wonderful caseworkers took Excellent care of my grandsons transition into my care. Without his caseworkers I do surely believe he would not have been a successful you man. Student first A/B Athlete just won GFL/FBU championship in Naples Fl. Thank you to Michael Williams, Uthone Ford and D. Gillings. From Ms. Lowe of Norcross, Georgia
May 30, 2019
My grandson was taken from his unfit mother my son and I did everything we could to get him( we live in fl) they put him in a foster home( lady was amazing loving) took great care of my grandson but they decided to let him mom get him back. Now yrs later she ( grandson mother) called dcf and told them I don't want him take him and if his father ( my son ) didn't want hi y'all can keep him they dcf had my grand son since the 25th of may and called my son today may 31st. My son is trying to get answer to many questions and no one seems to have any answers yet my grandson is in a foster home and not with his father. My son has paid his child support for yrs now and his mother makes excuses to why my son can't see him. I'm sure dcf will give her back my grandson smdh. I don't get the system they are here to protect these kids.
Feb 12, 2019
Horrible people do not listen you take kids away that shouldn't be. They brake up families that are good parents that might have had situations out of there control and won't listen to explanations and then the kids suffer unnecessarily it's just totally wrong from what I see. And kids who should be taken away are not to me DCF makes up there own rules and don't give a Damn about family or kids just a pay check and don't do there jobs right they don't get all the facts from everyone involved before they take kids away. To me the system is a waste of tax payer money when it's done this way .And the ones that suffer are the good kids and all there family
Dec 13, 2017
I am putting 1 star so I can write a review otherwise they dont deserve any stars. The government needs to shut this place down as soon as possible as the people running this department and workers are incompetent. Children and families are suffering way more than ever because of DCF. These workers mistreat people, the people who contribute to their pay checks and expect them to do their jobs. Unfortunately, our families and children are suffering because of their inadequate investigations and undue intimidations.