Foster Care services provide temporary care for infants, children and adolescents who have been removed from their own homes because their families cannot or will not provide protection or care for them adequately. Foster Care Services are designed to strengthen, preserve, and/or reunite families after children have come into agency legal custody or placement responsibility. Foster Care Services:
-Help families strengthen their parenting abilities
-Help children with health, educational, mental health and developmental needs
-Help young adults who are aging out or have already aged out of the foster care system
Services and resources (NC LINKS) for teens and young adults 13 to 21 who have lived or are now living in foster care system; intended to facilitate successful transition to self-sufficiency.
A variety of support services are also available to eligible student recipients of the Postsecondary Education Support Scholarships (NC Reach), based on eligibility. All services are intended to assist the student with successful completion of their academic program.
Grants, Educational Training Vouchers (ETV), provided to students who were in foster care on or after the age of 17, or who were adopted on or after age 16, or were placed in a relative guardianship on or after their 16th birthday to attend postsecondary educational or vocational training programs. For more information on NC LINKS, NC Reach and ETV go tohttp://www.ncdhhs.gov/dss/links/index.html