Foster Care is a planned, goal-directed service that provides 24-hour-a-day substitute temporary care and supportive services in a home environment for children birth to 18 years of age in OKDHS custody.

• Summary of Qualifications and Requirements to Become a Foster Parent
  
• Support Systems for Foster Parents
• Frequently Asked Questions for prospective foster parents
• Frequently Asked Questions for current foster parents
• Summary of Foster Parents Rights & Responsibilities
• Summary of Types of Foster Care

• Community-Based Residential Services
• Foster Care Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC)
• Specialized Foster Care
• Therapeutic Foster Care
• Tribal Foster Care

• Oklahoma Foster Care Interest Form

Margaret Linnemann
Programs Manager

• Contact by e-mail

New Foster Care & Adoption Families Recruiting Hotline: 1-866-612-2565
Foster Parent Hotline: 1-800-376-9729
Phone: (405) 521-3438
Fax:      (405) 522-4488

Sequoyah Memorial Office Building
2400 North Lincoln Blvd.
Oklahoma City, OK  73105

Mailing Address:
Children and Family Services Division
Foster Care
P.O. Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK  73125-0352

• National Foster Parent Association (Link opens in new window)

• Glossary of foster parenting terms

• Foster Care publications
• OKDHS statistics
• Foster Care policy
• Child Welfare forms
• Child Welfare links
• Child Welfare calendar

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  • Therapeutic Foster Care Section 
  • Tribal Foster Care Section
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