District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency
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Contact Information
200 I Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
United States
Online Contact Form
Washington, DC 20003
United States
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | Open 24 hours |
| Tuesday | Open 24 hours |
| Wednesday | Open 24 hours |
| Thursday | Open 24 hours |
| Friday | Open 24 hours |
| Saturday | Open 24 hours |
| Sunday | Open 24 hours |
Over 500 District children and teens are living outside their birth homes under the care of the public child welfare system. All these young people deserve to grow up with the security, guidance, and support only a family environment provides. What’s more, they deserve to know their community cares. Yet nearly half of all District children and youth in care are placed in Maryland. We need more foster homes in the District to keep children in their community.
CFSA continuously recruits, trains, and licenses District residents to be foster parents. CFSA offers two pathways to adoption from the public child welfare system: foster to adopt and child-specific adoption.
Services and information
- Traditional Foster Care
- Emergency Foster Care
- Respite Foster Care
- Adoption
Requirements to become a foster parent
Because there aren't enough foster parents in the District of Columbia, many foster kids end up living in nearby Maryland. However, D.C. has its own minimum requirements for licensing foster parents. Parents for District foster children need must:
- Be at least 21 years old
- Prove financial resources to support a child
- Rent or own a home
- Show you are healthy enough to care for a child
- Provide enough space in the house for each foster child
- Complete 30 hours of training
- Pass a Home Study
There is no minimum parenting experience required. Foster parents in the District of Columbia can be single or married, with or without biological children at home. In fact, licensed homes are often a mix of biological and foster or adopted children.
You can work outside the home or be a stay-at-home parent. To help offset the costs of childcare, foster families receive assistance for every foster child in the home.
Ratings and Reviews
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Sep 10, 2021
Quiet and very helpful. Thank you Ladies....
Aug 16, 2021
The worst I have sent reports nothing happens kids are in bad environment and nothing happens. I guess something serious has to happen
May 04, 2021
Very friendly and professional
Dec 11, 2020
Every child needs help so please call if you see it
Nov 20, 2020
I am the primary caregiver of my child and currently see CFSA has determined that I can’t take care of my child because I can’t find who might’ve hurt my child.