Children & Family Services Training Center

Foster Parent Education

North Dakota Foster Care

Foster care for children means the provision of substitute parental child care for those children who are in need of care for which the child’s parent, guardian, or custodian is unable, neglects, or refuses to provide, and includes the provision of food, shelter, security and safety, guidance, and comfort on a twenty-four-hour basis, to one or more children under twenty-one years of age to safeguard the child’s growth and development and to minimize and counteract hazards to the child’s emotional health inherent in the separation from the child’s family. Foster care may be provided in a family foster home, group home, or residential child care facility.

To learn more about becoming a licensed foster care provider, we encourage you to reach out to the Children and Family Services Section, North Dakota Department of Health & Human Services or contact the ND Recruitment and Retention Specialist (see below).

Recruitment and Retention Specialist Contact

Carissa Cox, LBSW
UND CFSTC Foster Parent Recruitment & Retention Specialist
1-833-FST-HOME (1-833-378-4663)
carissa.cox@UND.edu

Foster Care Resources & Training

Foster Provider Training Contact

Amy Oehlke, MSW, LMSW
UND CFSTC Director
701.777.3261
amy.oehlke@UND.edu