Supportive services
In-Home Supportive Services
The In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program allows you to live safely in your own home. Services are provided in your home, hotel, or the home of a relative. IHSS is an alternative to out-of-home care, such as nursing homes or board and care facilities.
Adoption
Adoption is the process that transfers the legal rights, responsibilities and rewards of being a parent. The rights and responsibilities of birth parents are permanently terminated and assumed by other people who become the child’s legal parent(s).
Become a resource family
The Resource Family Approval Program (RFA) is the state program which oversees resource families who are approved to provide care and supervision for children 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Transitioned Age Youth (TAY) services
Transitioned Age Youth (TAY) services and programs connect youth ages 16 to 24 to opportunities, experiences, and supports to propel them to self-sufficiency.
Community-based prevention
The DFCS Prevention Bureau partners, teaches, and provides support through community-focused programs. The Prevention Bureau acts to prevent entry into foster care and reduce disproportionality in the Child Welfare System.