A Place To Call Home provides all necessary training to become a licensed foster home to provide care for foster children placed by Native American communities throughout Arizona. On-going support and supervision is provided by A Place To Call Home as well as any specialized or individualized training that is deemed necessary to enhance the skill level of foster parents, in particular, for the special needs of foster children. A licensed foster home for Native American children may provide care for up to five children. Foster care for children placed by the Native American communities can be temporary or long term, as the case plan for many children in foster care is typically return to home or long term foster care. A Place To Call Home places great emphasis and takes diligent time in matching foster children to their foster family. In an effort to contribute to a successful family dynamic, a child (ages 0 to 17) profile is constructed to identify the child best suited for your family as well as the best family suited for the child. The child pro- file information is collected from the foster family, incorporating the special needs of a foster child, the family’s skill level and the family’s care interests.

The Tribal Foster Care program is for children in foster care, ages 0 to 17 years of age. The Tribal Foster Care program is for children that are many times new to the foster care system, need emergency placement, need of a different foster care placement, or are being placed for long term foster care. A child is placed in foster care when the child has been removed from the legal custody of their parents or guardians by the tribal social services or voluntarily placed in foster care by their birth parents or legal guardian. The children placed in licensed foster homes by the Native American communities have a variety of care needs, ranging from regular foster care to specialized foster care for developmental disabilities, behavioral health or medical conditions. Children in foster care require very special care and extraordinary commitment from their foster parents. Children in foster care commonly have experienced a form of abuse, abandonment and/or neglect and are in need of a safe home with a loving and committed foster family. It is imperative for foster families to recognize, support and protect cultural sensitivities of the Native American foster children. A Place To Call Home pro- vides cultural sensitivity training to foster parents, training specific to a child’s tribe and their Native American community and regular enforcement for the foster family to keep the foster child connected to their Native American culture, customs, community and heritage.

If you are someone who has it in their heart to provide a place to call home to a child in need, please refer to the Licensing section and review the licensing requirements for DCYF or DDD Foster Care or click on the beating heart and request contact by A Place To Call Home to further discuss your interests.