Get IN Humane Society For Boone County Foster Care Application And Agreement 2012-2024

What does foster-to-adopt mean? In a foster-to-adopt situation, prospective parents become a foster family in the hopes that one day they will be able to adopt their foster child(ren). In this situation, an adoption can only occur if and when the child's birth parents' parental rights have been terminated.

What is fostering? Fostering is like temporary ownership — you take care of your foster pet as though it were your own ideally until we find the animal the right long-term, stable forever home. The more committed foster homes we have, the more lives we can save.

Foster parents receive regular stipends from the government for essential expenses of raising the children placed in their home. On the other hand, adoption is an out-of-pocket expense, starting with the adoption fees themselves, to the cost of raising the child.

Fostering a cat is a smaller overall commitment than adopting a cat. It's a smaller time commitment, and will generally last only 2-8 weeks. And many shelters like Adopt & Shop provide the supplies and vet care, so it's a smaller financial commitment as well.

Shelters house adoptable pets in a centralized location where they receive care and enrichment before they are adopted. Foster-based rescues work with shelters and other sources to take in homeless pets and place them with fosters before they are adopted.

What does foster-to-adopt mean? In a foster-to-adopt situation, prospective parents become a foster family in the hopes that one day they will be able to adopt their foster child(ren). In this situation, an adoption can only occur if and when the child's birth parents' parental rights have been terminated.

What is fostering? Fostering is like temporary ownership — you take care of your foster pet as though it were your own ideally until we find the animal the right long-term, stable forever home. The more committed foster homes we have, the more lives we can save.

Foster parents receive regular stipends from the government for essential expenses of raising the children placed in their home. On the other hand, adoption is an out-of-pocket expense, starting with the adoption fees themselves, to the cost of raising the child.

Fostering a cat is a smaller overall commitment than adopting a cat. It's a smaller time commitment, and will generally last only 2-8 weeks. And many shelters like Adopt & Shop provide the supplies and vet care, so it's a smaller financial commitment as well.

Shelters house adoptable pets in a centralized location where they receive care and enrichment before they are adopted. Foster-based rescues work with shelters and other sources to take in homeless pets and place them with fosters before they are adopted.