REQUIREMENTS

• You must be 21 years of age
• Each parent must attend all training sessions
• You can be married, single or legally divorced
• You must have a valid driver's license, no more than -5 points on your DMV record
• You must have a stable form of income
• Your home must meet the minimum licensing requirement for a foster home in Virginia

DEFINITIONS

Special Needs Adoption
Adoption of children who are behaviorally, emotionally, or physically challenged; also, adoption of children eight years of age or older, and of sibling groups needing placement together.

Parental Placement Adoption
Adoption arranged directly between adoptive parents and birth parents or legal guardians

International Adoption
Adoption of foreign-born children living in their native countries.

Treatment Foster Care
Foster care with structured therapeutic support. Treatment foster parents work with a team and receive training and support to create a home environment that is healthy, as well as intensely structured, in ways that benefit children with special needs.