Family Services of Metro Orlando > Foster or Adopt

Why Parents Wanted?

Family Services of Metro Orlando needs emotionally giving, dedicated people to become foster and adoptive parents. More importantly, the children and youth who have come under our care need you.

As the population of our service area grows, so does the need for qualified, licensed foster parents to provide a nurturing family setting, and adoptive parents to provide a loving “forever family.”

In either way, you can help a child become a stable adult capable of creating a positive future for themselves and others. Parents are wanted because the problem is bigger than you may think:

Central Florida has the highest incidence of child abuse and neglect complaints in the state with the second-highest incidence of child abuse and neglect complaints in the nation.
Family Services guarantees care for more than 1,000 children in foster care annually.
There are approximately 350 foster homes in the Orlando area – but twice that number is needed to meet the growing demand for care.
The number of Orlando-area children eligible for adoption can fill 15 classrooms.

The goal of foster care is to provide safe shelter until the child’s family can provide safety and parental support. Foster parents participate as team members to achieve this goal of reunification between child and family. Successful foster parents care deeply but learn to let go when the time comes.

Most adults 21 years and older who can provide a stable, loving home to a child can foster or adopt, including those who are married, single, divorced, widowed and of all religious faiths, races and education levels. You do not need to be married, wealthy, or young to foster or adopt a child from foster care.

If you are the kind of person who receives their greatest rewards by giving, becoming a foster or adoptive parent can provide a world of fulfillment.

To learn how you can become a foster or adoptive parent, click here. Together, we can give a child a childhood. Together, we can give a child hope.

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Testimonials

"Family Services of Metro Orlando helped me be a child when I needed to be a child. And they’re helping me become an adult now that it’s time for me to be a man. They haven’t let me down and have been a blessing in my life."
–JK, age 18.

"There’s always room for hope in a child’s heart and that child always needs that room to be filled. "
–CJR, age 16.

"Without Family Services of Metro Orlando being there for me, I’d probably be in the streets, you know, selling drugs, being in jail, probably dead."
–JA, age 20

"I didn’t always have somebody to take care of me so I really want to say that being in foster care kind of gave me an opportunity to go back into my childhood a little bit and then redevelop myself into an adult. "
–JK, age 18

"[Home is] somewhere I can hope and dream and be thinking of the future. It means I get a family and I can see the world the way I always wanted to."  
–CJR, age 17

"If people take the time and choose carefully, they’ll pick me."
–AL, age 14

"I see souls in these pictures. These are our children. They belong to this community."
–Dick Batchelor

“Thank goodness for your organization. The children didn't ask to be where they are. I wish I could do more to help.” –PF

“[Family Services of Metro Orlando] saved my sanity ♥” -JN

“I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU and all that you do! You are literally heaven sent and It's an honor to be able call you friend.” –JA

“Family Services is led by a forward thinking Board of Directors and a proactive Executive Director. The Orlando area is fortunate to have such a positive organization.” –MH

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