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Respite Care | Inquiry Process | Inquiry Form
| About Ron Bertsch
Foster
Parents
Please consider
becoming a Therapeutic Foster Care
Parent if you...
Possess
These Qualities
 Are motivated to help
children- Have a love for children
- Are a committed person
- Have a positive attitude
- Are flexible and patient
- Can work as a team member
- Have good problem-solving
skills
- Have realistic expectations
- Can provide a nurturing and
structural environment
Meet
Kentucky
Requirements
- Be a Kentucky resident
- Are between the ages of
21-65
- Are married or single;
however if married, must be married for a period of at least two years
- Be in good physical and
mental health
- Have no serious criminal
convictions
- Own or rent a home that
provides a safe physical environment
Additional
Foster Parent Requirements
 Have no substantiated
history of child or spouse abuse- At least one foster parent
must be a full-time homemaker, exceptions approved by Director of TFC
when other acceptable supports or child care plans are documented
- Have access to flexible,
convenient and reliable transportation
- Have access to convenient
telephone usage for communication with community resources
- Can own, rent or lease a
home, but it should be comparable to others in the neighborhood or
close proximity. It must be in good repair and free of all hazards.
All firearms must be securely locked out of reach of a child
- Home must have working
smoke detectors within 10 feet of each occupied bedroom
- Home must be equipped with
a working carbon monoxide detector
- Children in a foster home
can share a room, but no more than four children per room
- Children must have their
own bed; however, siblings of the same sex and similar age may share a
bed if special consideration is given to the background of the child
- A total of no more than six
children can reside in the same foster home, including foster parents
own children, without special approval by the Director of TFC
- No more than two children
considered therapeutic in nature can be in the same two-parent foster
home: only one child in a single foster parent home. Exceptions
approved by the Director of TFC when appropriate support or other
childcare plan is documented
- Shall not care for
unrelated adults or children (licensed day care) on a commercial basis
or to be licensed by another foster care agency at the same time.
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