for All Foster Parents
and your home
a safe, nurturing home
during challenging times
Foster parents provide children in need with a safe, supportive and stable environment during challenging times. There are hundreds of children in Nova Scotia in need of foster care. If you’re a stable, healthy adult with patience, understanding and love to give, you may have what it takes to give a child the home environment they desperately need.
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Take the first step and register for an information session in your area. There’s no obligation and we’ll answer any questions you have to help decide if foster parenting is for you. We’ll also help you understand what happens next and what to expect throughout the application and approval process.
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We exist to support all foster parents, Regular and Kinship, in Nova Scotia, and we provide a wide variety of resources to foster families. Click here to learn more about who we are, our support services and training programs.
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One of the best sources of inspiration and information is current foster parents. Get an inside look into what it’s like to be a foster parent, the rewards and the challenges straight from the people who are doing it every day.
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Please follow this LINK for the latest edition of the Fostering Community Newsletter.
Here is the latest edition of the newsletter. April_Newsletter
Please be advised that effective April 1, 2020 the approved provincial government mileage rate is $0.4670 per kilometer. As always, this applies to Foster Parents and is the rate the Federation will use to reimburse mileage.
“Being a foster parent is incredibly rewarding. It is also challenging from time to time. During those times, we’re here to offer support services and programs to anyone who needs them.”