Foster Care and Adoption Services | COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ-HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT-FAMILY & CHILDREN
Resource Name:Foster Care and Adoption Services | COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ-HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT-FAMILY & CHILDREN
Foster Care and Adoption Services
address
1400 Emeline Avenue, Building K, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
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Service area
Places children who are unable to live safely with their birth family into permanent homes. Recruits and screens prospective adoptive parents, finalize adoptions, provide post-adoption services and provide services to birth parents who choose to voluntarily relinquish their parental rights.
Provides foster parent recruitment, licensing of relative caregiver and foster family homes, training and support for relative caregivers and foster families and enforcement of foster care regulations.
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Providing organization
Provides services to children who have been abused or neglected, or are at risk of abuse or neglect, with a focus on child safety, child and family well-being and permanent homes for children. We work collaboratively with many local agencies and community partners to support and strengthen families and keep children safe in Santa Cruz County.