Foster Care & Adoption

Foster care with Greene County Children Services Board is the full-time temporary care of children birth to 18 years of age. The children are cared for in a family foster home that has been certified according to the guidelines set by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Children who cannot stay in their own home due to serious family problems and do not have a suitable relative available to provide for them are placed in foster care. These children may have been victims of abuse or neglect or may lack adequate care from their parents through no fault of their own. Foster care is a way to provide for children on a full time temporary basis.

How do children come under the care of the agency?

If children cannot remain safely within their own home, the agency will work with the family to develop a temporary, safe living arrangement. If this is not possible, the agency may contact the Greene County Juvenile Court to ask for removal of the children from the home.

Some families voluntarily seek help from Greene County Children Services Board and ask that a foster home be provided for their children until their family crisis is over. The rules affecting children coming into foster care are set and monitored by the federal and state laws.

What behaviors can be expected from foster or adoptive children?

There are many types of behaviors as there are children. Some children may be withdrawn and hardly say anything. Others may be loud and appear upset.

Because of the varied backgrounds and developmental stages the children each have created their own way of coping with the removal from their primary family. Trauma caused by the separation itself cannot be underestimated.

What is adoption?

Adoption is a permanent legal process which places a child with an adoptive family who will provide a safe and nurturing home for that child.

Who are the children waiting for adoption?

Currently there are children in the permanent custody of Greene County Children Services Board who are waiting for a family- a permanent home.

Most of the children are between the ages of 6 and 13 years of age, but older children need a forever family too! Some children are part of a sibling group who want to be adopted together. Many face physical, mental, emotional or educational challenges.