There are disadvantaged children & youth in our Upper California community that need the help of loving & supportive families. Thousands of children in CA are waiting for adoptive families. Contact the agencies listed below to learn how you can play a part in the life a child by being a foster or adoptive parent.
California Kids Connection Website. www.cakidsconnection.com Online, searchable database of children in California who are available for adoption.
Butte County Foster Care Licensing; Butte County. Provides home evaluations for prospective foster parents, issues CA State foster family home license, maintains ongoing quality training. www.tinyurl.com/ButteFoster 202 Mira Loma Dr., Oroville. (530) 538-7755.
Butte College Foster/Kinship Education Program; Butte County (neighboring counties welcome). Ongoing trainings, workshops & guardianship clinics for care-givers, foster parents, parents, teachers, therapists & social workers. www.butte.edu/fosterkinship 2491 Carmichael Dr. Suite 300, Chico. (530) 897-6235.
California Dept. of Social Services Adoptions; Serving Butte, Shasta, Siskiyou & Tehama Cos. Adoptive families are especially needed for sibling groups & minority children. Adoptive parents support groups. www.childsworld.ca.gov (530) 895-6143.
Environmental Alternatives; Butte, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama Counties. Foster care services, training & support. www.ea.org (530) 283-3330.
Foster & Kinship Care Education Program; Shasta County. Free classes, workshops, conferences & support activities to caregivers of children & youth in out-of-home care in Shasta, Tehama & Trinity counties. Designed to meet the educational, emotional, behavioral & developmental needs of children & youth. (530) 225-3726.
Lilliput Children’s Services; Butte & Shasta. Foster, adoption & kinship services for domestic adoptions. Adoption support group; post adoption resource center. www.lilliput.org Redding: 2580 Victor Ave., Ste C. (530) 722-9092; Chico: 8 Williamsburg Lane. (530) 896-1920.
Remi Vista, Inc.; Butte, Shasta, Siskiyou & Tehama Counties. Foster care, transitional housing, & therapeutic services for out-of-home & at-risk youth. www.remivista.com Corporate office: 393 Park Marina Circle. (530) 245-5805.
Shasta County Foster Care & Adoption; Shasta County. Full-service domestic adoption & foster care agency. Foster Care: 1550 California St.
(530) 225-5858; Adoptions: 1313 Yuba St, Redding. (530) 225-5791.
Sierra Forever Families Post-adoptive Services; Serving Butte, Tehama, Siskiyou counties. Provides post adoption support services for all types of adoption, available to anyone who has adopted through any agency or attorney. Offers support groups, parent trainings, social activities, resource information & more. www.sierraff.org. 520 Cohasset Rd., Ste. 140, Chico. (530) 879-3861.
Youth & Family Programs; Butte & Shasta Counties. Offers a distinctive family centered team approach to foster care. Offices in Chico and Anderson provide a full range of support services to children & teens, their birth families & Youth & Family’s foster parents. www.youthandfamily.info
Chico: 2577 California Park Dr. (530) 893-1614.
Anderson: 2877 Childress Dr. (530) 365-9197.
Youth for Change Foster Family Agency; Butte County. Full service foster family agency, including foster to adopt, and foster teens services. Foster parent trainings & support. www.youth4change.org 7200 Skyway, Paradise. (530) 877-6764.
