Arizona Adoption & Foster Care
Contact informationArizona Adoption & Foster Children
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Arizona Adoption & Foster Care (AAFC) is a project of Child Crisis Center - East Valley. Since 1976, AAFC has been dedicated to the placement of children in
out-of-home care due to abuse, neglect and/or abandonment into stable, loving homes, by licensing and certifying parents for foster care and adoption.
AAFC's foster care and adoption programs provide parents with exceptional education and training, child-family matching services and post-placement support and services.
AAFC is located just south of US-60 off Mill Avenue in Tempe and serves single and two parent families and has no limitation on religious beliefs, ethnicity or sexual preference.
AAFC provides monthly in-home visits to meet the needs of our foster and adoptive families and the children in their homes. AAFC also offers a Foster Family Assistance program to
eliminate the financial strain families may face in meeting the needs of the children in their homes.
In addition, children are given new clothes, toys and other basic items several times throughout the year. The wide range of services along with the realistic training provided by
AAFC prepares families for the placement of children of all ages and abilities.
Please contact AAFC to learn more about our foster care and adoption programs and to find out how
you can make a difference in the life of a child.
General Requirements for Foster Care and/or Adoption
- Age 18 or older, (21 or older for foster care)
- May be married or single
- Physician's statement verifying emotional, mental and physical health
- Fingerprinting and criminal background check
- Arizona Department of Health Services home inspection
- If you own a pool, it must be fenced (children age 6 and younger)
- References
- Economic Stability
Support Services provided by AAFC & DES
- Adoption subsidy for adoptive parents, room and board reimbursement for foster parents
- Exceptional, realistic training
- Support groups
- Monthly in-home support until the adoption is finalized
- Emergency support telephone numbers
- Adoptive parent mentors, foster parent mentors
- Family fun events
- Medical and dental services for the children
- Respite care for children (foster program only)
- Family fun events and activities throughout the year
Upcoming Orientations
- Saturday, June 14, 2008: 10 am to 12 pm
- Tuesday, June 24, 2008: 6 pm to 8 pm
this orientation will be held at the Family Resource Center, Classroom 6
located at 817 N Country Club Drive, Mesa - Tuesday, July 29, 2008: 6 pm to 8 pm
- Saturday, September 13, 2008: 10 am to 12 pm
- Tuesday, October 7, 2008: 6 pm to 8 pm
- Saturday, November 1, 2008: 1 pm to 3 pm
Orientations are held in AAFC's training room located at 4665 S. Ash Avenue, Suite G-10 Tempe, AZ 85282
Contact information
Arizona Adoption & Foster Children
- 4665 South Ash Ave, Suite G-11, Tempe, AZ 85282
- Phone 480.345.9555 Fax 480.345.2678
- E-mail:
Read AAFC's Spring 2008 Newsletter here. |
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