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Contact:
Satin Howard showard@childrensbureau.org 317-545-5281 x239 |
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The Foster, Adoption, and Kinship Care Training (FAKT) program is designed
to assist families interested in foster care, adoption, kinship or relative care with
their training needs. Training is provided for residents in the western part of
Marion County as well as Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Morgan, Putnam, Madison,
Hamilton, Hancock and Tipton Counties.
Trainings are offered on a monthly basis at several convenient Indiana locations.
There are various evening and weekend classes from which to choose.
This twenty hour FAKT Pre-Service training is required for foster, kinship, and
relative care providers while an additional six hours are required for adoptive
families. Continuing education hours and Infant/Child/Adult CPR, First Aid and
Universal Precautions classes are also available.
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Foster Care Process:
- Once you have contacted your County of residence and completed their intake process,
call our intake line at 317-545-5281 x239 to reserve a place in one of our
upcoming trainings.
- At the training, you will be given an Authorization for Release form that will need
to be signed and returned to the trainers. This form gives our office authorization
to release your training information to the County that will be licensing you once
you have completed the required 20 hours of training.
- First Aid, Infant/Child/Adult CPR, and Universal Precautions are also required before
licensure. Please see below for additional First Aid, CPR, and Universal Precautions
resources.
- Various Criminal History Background checks are also required for all prospective
foster, kinship, and relative care providers and their household members prior to
licensure.
- You will receive a Licensing Application Packet from your referring County or during
FAKT Pre-Service Training. This packet is to be completed and given to your Licensing
Worker when they visit your home to complete the home study.
- The Family Preparation Summary (Home Study) will be completed once you have met all
training requirements.
- The Family Preparation Summary (Home Study) includes at least two home visits by an
assigned Licensing Worker. The worker will complete a walk through of your home as
well as go over the Licensing Application Packet that you have completed. A few of
the things the worker will look for are smoke detectors, fire extinguishers on each
level of your home and adequate space for the child(ren) that may be place in your
home. Each child must have his/her own bed. Boy and Girls are not allowed to share
a bedroom. There must also be adequate space available for the child(ren) to store
his/her belongings. The worker will also look at your financial stability to ensure
that placing a child(ren) in your home will not create a financial hardship for your
family.
- Prior to the approval of the Family Preparation Summary (Home Study), you will have
an opportunity to review the study and discuss the written information with your
worker.
- For information on the adoption process, please see our Adoption page.
| Children's Bureau, FAKT Training Program - 317-545-5281 x239 |
| The Red Cross - 684-4318 |
| St. Vincent Hospital - 338-6764 |
| St. Francis Hospital - 783-8151 |
| Rural Metro Ambulance Service - 955-3658 |
| Warren Township Fire Department - 899-3303 |
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Washington Township Fire Department
- Contact Jeff Hayes at 254-2021
CPR classes only. Washington Township residents may attend for free, others
may be charged a nominal fee.
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Indiana Safety & Health
- Contact Al Wood at 339-9245
Provides first-aid training for Foster Parents, Day Care, and Nursing Home workers.
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Day Care Centers
If you know anyone who works at a Day Care Center, ask them
where they go to meet their requirement for First Aid & CPR.
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Michelle Prevost, RN
866-624-8497 or via email at H_E_L_P_Indiana@msn.com
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American Heart Association
- 1-877-AHA-4CPR or
http://www.americanheart.org/cpr
When entering this web site you need to submit your zip code and
state. Then once in, you need to select the column that has the
heading CPR/BLS/AED You will only require CPR & BLS. AED is advanced
and for health professionals only.
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YMCA
- (call the branch closest to you)
Baxter - 7900 S. Shelby - 881-9347
Fall Creek - 860 W. 10th Street - 634-2478 Hamilton County - 942 N. 10th Street, Noblesville - 776-3440 Benjamin Harrison - 5735 Lee Rd. - 547-9622 Jordan - 8400 Westfield Blvd. - 253-3206 Urban Mission - 26 N. Arsenal - 269-6065 The Athenaeum - 401 E. Michigan - 685-9705 West District - 7811 W. Morris Street - 484-9622 |
