Foster children

The majority of all children and young people in Rhineland-Palatinate grow up at home and are lovingly raised, accompanied and supported by their parents. Giving their children a good start in life and seeing them grow up healthy is an important concern and a great wish for parents.

However, there may be situations in life in which parents are no longer able to raise their children due to their own stress, mental illness or addiction.

In these cases, in addition to placement in a child and youth welfare facility, there is also the option of placing a child in a foster family for a certain period of time.

There are different types of foster homes:

• Full-time care (permanent care relationship)
• Short-term care (care relationship designed for a shorter period of time),
• Special care (foster care for children with special needs)
• On-call care (short-term admission to a care relationship due to acute emergencies or crises)
• Kinship care (care relationship within the family, e.g. grandparents, uncles, aunts, etc.)
• Host families (often used for unaccompanied foreign minors).

The Youth Welfare Office's foster care service assesses and finds a suitable foster family for the child. It advises and supports both the foster parents and the biological parents during the fostering relationship.

For further information and to contact us, please visit the homepage of the foster child services of the Idar-Oberstein municipal youth welfare office and the district of Birkenfeld at https://www.kip-info.de/