Becoming A Resource Family

Open Your Heart.  Open Your Home.

For additional information on becoming a Resource Family, please give us a call at

1-877-533-KIDS (5437)

Learn more at the Foster, Adoptive, Kinship Parent Association of Fresno County website!

What is Resource Family Approval?

Resource Family Approval (RFA) is a new family friendly and child-centered caregiver approval process that combines elements of the current foster parent licensing, relative approval and approvals for adoption and guardianship and replaces those processes.

RFA:

• Is streamlined: It eliminates the duplication of existing processes
• Unifies approval standards for all caregivers regardless of the child's case plan
• Includes a comprehensive psychosocial assessment, home environment check and training for all families, including relatives
• Prepares families to better meet the needs of vulnerable children in the foster care system
• Allows seamless transition to permanency