Families don’t have to match. You don’t have to look like someone else to love them.

Leigh Anne Tuohy

Beliefs

  • Long-term foster care is not the answer

  • Each child needs permanence as early as possible

  • The birth family is the child’s best resource

  • The entire family is our client

  • A group makes a better decision than an individual

  • The birth family needs to be included in the decision-making process

  • It is our responsibility to provide a safe place

 

Our Butte & Shasta County Foster Parents

  • Are flexible and take on challenges

  • Laugh, cry, and can be themselves

  • Support birth families and put children’s needs first

  • Are representatives in the larger community

  • Provide a safe shelter for children

  • Model, mentor, and support the families of children

With the right opportunities, everyone can fly...
 

Goals

  • Include the birth family

  • Facilitate relationship between birth and foster families

The Butte and Shasta County unit utilizes the Family Centered Team (FCT) approach to cases; gathering birth parents and foster parents, relatives and friends, CPS and FFA workers to make group decisions utilizing strengths in the family system.

Shasta County Foster Care

Redding Office
530-365-9197
general@youthandfamily.info

Butte County Foster Care

Chico Office
530-893-1614
general@youthandfamily.info