For more information, fill out our online screening form and someone will contact you to discuss becoming an EMQ foster parent.

Our foster parents are as special as our kids.

As a foster parent with EMQ's Foster Family Agency, you will:

• Help a child and a family in need
• Be part of a professional team making a difference in the lives of children and families
• Create a valuable life experience for your own family as you grow and expand your skills
• Receive financial compensation-a supplement that may enable one parent to stay at home full-time with the family
• Play a key role in the process of planning, care and treatment of your foster child
• Help pave the way for possible reunification with his or her biological family

We offer:

• 24-hour support from an experienced case manager and other trained staff
• Servicios en Español
• An opportunity to share common experiences with other foster parents through our Foster Parent Support Group.

If you'd like to help an EMQ foster child but don't think you can be a full-time foster parent, you can also assist by offering respite care. Respite foster parents give families breaks for brief periods, anything from overnight to several days. Compensation is provided to respite caregivers.

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO INQUIRE
ABOUT BECOMING AN EMQ FOSTER PARENT
please call 1-800-383-2945 in the Bay Area (Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Merced, and San Benito Counties).

For Sacramento County, call 1-888-404-4332.
For Solano, Contra Costa and Napa counties, call 1-800-411-KIDS (5437).
For Southern California, Los Angeles County, call 1-800-864-KIDS (5437).
For Inland Empire, call 1-800-383-2945.

Or fill out our online screening form.

» English Brochure (PDF)

» Spanish Brochure (PDF)