Upbring
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Contact Information
8305 Cross Park Drive
Austin, TX 78754
United States
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Austin, TX 78754
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 |
We are Upbring, a Texas-wide organization implementing generational innovation to advance child wellbeing. That means sustainable change resulting in positive shifts across generations.
As you embark on your journey to give a child a second chance at childhood, Upbring stands apart as a powerful partner. Learn more here.We are a direct-action organization. As warriors supporting warriors, our work secures a future free from the damages of abuse. Inspired by faith and compelled by compassion, we’re seeking others to join us in the call to defeat abuseThrough our foster care program we connect children with families who can provide compassion, safety and support until restoration takes place within the biological family. When a child cannot return to their birth families, our foster-to-adopt team helps provide loving, secure and permanent homes with a forever family.
Services and information
- Traditional Foster Care
- Specialized / Therapeutic Care
- Emergency Foster Care
- Respite Foster Care
- Adoption
- Other
Requirements to become a foster parent
Adults who are new to the fostering process sometimes feel overwhelmed and wonder if they will have support on their journey. Your child-placing agency is the first resource. Social services caseworkers provide aspiring foster parents with various types of support and connections. These include free educational training programs, helplines, and support groups.
It is important that foster parents build their individual support network, too. Connecting with other foster families with more experience is an excellent place to begin. Texas groups offer foster parent meetups; you can search online for the closest one.
The Texas Foster Family Association provides state training, a regional directory of support services, a summer training conference, and more. Membership benefits include getting access to foster care professionals and learning more about ways to become better caregivers. Children of TFFA members can also get assistance through the Scholarship Fund.
Austin Angels is another support organization that strives to assist foster parents and Texas foster children. They offer care packages and gifts for foster children and their caregivers, mentorship options, and education, among other resources. Foster children and teens can learn valuable skills that help prepare them for independent living, as well.
Ratings and Reviews
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Sep 09, 2016
I have been extremely happy with Upbring. The staff has been amazing, very friendly, very courteous, attentive, helpful, knowledgeable, and caring. We used them to get our foster license and got licensed within about 90 days.
Nov 16, 2015
Wonderful, caring, loving people! I can only think the people giving bad reviews never really went through this agency...I did! I placed my baby girl for adoption with them and they helped me through the most difficult time of my life. I would have never made it without Lutheran Social Services "Upbring". My counselor was with me every week. They helped me find the perfect family for my daughter. I am confident she is in safe hands. I would recommend them to any birth mother or adopting family! Thank you for your loving care to me and my daughter. God bless you and the work you do!!!
Mar 11, 2013
The worst place to be a licensed Foster Parent. 4 Case Workers in 2 years, gaps in communication. Lapses in judgment by LSSS staff that negatively impact the children and cause huge frustration to the FP. Not recommended that ANYONE license with Lutheran Social Service. There are plenty other agencies out there to use.