Greensville/Emporia
Department of Social Services
"Strengthening
the Community by Helping Families"
Service Programs
Foster Care
The
FosterCare
program is available to help maintain family unity and keep children in
their own homes. Services are provided to children and
families to prevent removal of a child from his or her home.
When parents are unable to utilize these services to change
conditions in the home, placement of the child in foster care
may be necessary. The goal of the program is to provide
services to enable the child to return to his or her home or to
find another permanent home for the child. Foster care is
intended as a temporary response to difficulties in the family
situation, not a long-term solution to family difficulties.
When a child is placed into foster care, efforts are made to
place the child in the most suitable family-life setting
available. If possible, the child is placed in close
proximity to the parent's home, so that there may be continued
contact between the parent(s) and the child and the familial
relationship may continue and grow.
For more information about
Foster Care,
visit the Virginia Department of Social Services' Web Site:
http://www.dss.state.va.us
Questions/Comments Contact:
Greensville/Emporia Department of Social Services
P.O. Box 1136
Emporia, Virginia 23847
Phone: 434-634-6576
Monday - Friday - 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
E-mail:
info@gedss.org
The
Foster
Care
program is available to help maintain family unity and keep children in
their own homes. Services are provided to children and
families to prevent removal of a child from his or her home.
When parents are unable to utilize these services to change
conditions in the home, placement of the child in foster care
may be necessary. The goal of the program is to provide
services to enable the child to return to his or her home or to
find another permanent home for the child. Foster care is
intended as a temporary response to difficulties in the family
situation, not a long-term solution to family difficulties.
When a child is placed into foster care, efforts are made to
place the child in the most suitable family-life setting
available. If possible, the child is placed in close
proximity to the parent's home, so that there may be continued
contact between the parent(s) and the child and the familial
relationship may continue and grow.