Listed here are agencies that offer licensing to foster parents. Both public and private agencies may be listed. This is to help offer quick referencing resources for potential foster parents looking to become licensed.
Massachusetts Department of Social Services offers a ten-week course, entitled Massachusetts Approach to Partnerships in Parenting - MAPP, for all prospective foster parents. http://www.walpole.ma.us/cfosterparentprogram.htm
A child-centered service with programs that provide individualized treatment to children through a healthy, structured and nurturing family environment. http://www.angelfire.com/ca7/humanistic
The largest private agency doing foster care in michigan state, offers general and intensive foster care;foster care for special needs and refugee children; and Families First Services http://www.lssm.org/service/fostercare/fostercare.asp
Foster care, helps whole families when children cannot be with their parents because of a crisis. Created by the NFCA, supported by the UK's Department of Health. Apply to become a carer. http://www.thefostering.net/
Adoption and foster care for California children by families in and around the Bay Area, with offices in San Jose, Santa Cruz and San Francisco. http://www.futurefamilies.org/
Child placement agency in Colorado, providing therapeutic foster care placement and out-client services to children and families. http://www.presidioinc.com/
Ministering to the needs of Indiana's abused, neglected and disturbed children in a Christian home environment. Features an application form and information about the process and those involved. http://www.gatewaywoods.org/services/fostercare/
Information on how to become licensed to foster parent or adopt foster children in Phoenix and surrounding communities, Arizona http://www.arizonaaction.org/
A non-profit San Diego, California agency, providing services and homes for foster infants and toddlers under the age of two. http://www.fosterkidsfirst.org/
Find information on becoming a foster parent in the state of Kansas. KCSL provides foster care in an eighteen-county region that includes the Topeka, Manhattan and Salina areas. http://www.kcsl.org/training_foster.html