hope for a home
discover a family

Let’s take the first step together and help you to help those that need you the most.

Recertification Training

Recertification Training is open to all Foster Parents, Adoptive Parents, Kinship Caregivers, DSS Child Welfare Staff, GALs, Group Home Staff, and Child Placing Agencies. There is no charge for attending.

Need-To-Know

The Latest Laws, Events, Resources, and other things that we feel is important to your success as a foster parent in South Carolina.  Also, you can join our News Letter and get Need-To-Know information sent to your email.

Connecting SC

Connecting SC in an online portal that connects people to the needs of their community through A Home for Me. Click to see the needs of foster and kinship families in your area. Create an account and login to fulfill a need. Thank you for your kind generosity.

SCFPA organized

Programs

Whether you need community service hours or simply have a heartfelt calling to help children in need, we have opportunities available. Whether placing yard signs and posters, providing backpacks and/or contents for the Pack a SACK (Sponsor a College Kid) program, or starting a foster/adoptive parent program within your SC based church or organization…we have something for everyone!

Foster Care
Community

We accepted the challenge.

Now we challenge YOU!

Make a difference

Become a Foster
or Adoptive Parent

Being a Foster or Adoptive Parent isn’t easy and it isn’t for everyone. But, if you have a heartfelt calling to make a difference in the life of a child, it will be the most rewarding experience you will ever have.

Heartfelt Calling is a program of the South Carolina Foster Parent Association. Our mission is to recruit foster and adoptive families who can provide a safe and loving home for children when they cannot remain safely in their current home.

We are dedicated to recruiting and training families so that the best needs of the child are served during this time of separation.

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Community Sponsors

Thalassa Golden Retrievers

Preservation breeder committed to the ethical breeding of genetically tested, OFA Certified Golden Retriever puppies. Each litter is bred and raised to meet the GRCA standard, ensuring the hallmark Golden temperament and structural excellence. My greatest hope is to place healthy, sound, and well-balanced Golden Retrievers into loving homes—so that

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Community Sponsors

Your Mark on Anything

Your Mark on Anything helps businesses stand out with custom branded products that keep your name in front of clients every day. From quality apparel and bags to pens and everyday giveaways.

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Community Sponsors

Carolina Canine Consulting

Professional dog training based in Greenville, SC. Customized coaching, real-world excursions, and lifetime support ensure a strong human-canine bond. We also serve Charleston, SC as well as surrounding areas.

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Community Sponsors

Tim Simmons Design

Since 1993, Tim Simmons Design has helped service businesses build clear, effective websites with personal support.

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Together We Can

REALITY: Through the Eyes of a Child Once in Foster Care

My Life Poem If you were to ask me about my childhood, I don’t know where I would start.Do I start with foster care? The court dates, the social workers, the parents who promised things they never meant? Or do I start with my brother? Because somehow, every road leads

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Pre-service Training

Below are the items that applicants will need to complete. Orientation is under one tab on the SCFPALMS and the other recorded webinars are listed under the Mandatory Tab on the SCFPALMS. This includes links to the National CPR Foundation site for completion of the CPR/AED/First Aid and Bloodborne Pathogens courses.

Participants will complete and should provide their licensing team with certificates for the following: 
At the end of Orientation, participants will be required to download the following information at the end of Orientation prior to printing their certificate. (Orientation has its own tab on the
SCFPALMS. 

Healthcare Oversight – attend Healthcare Oversight Webinar – either live webinar or recorded.

CAIP – recorded webinar.

WIC – recorded webinar.

Social Media and Sex Trafficking – Sex Trafficking Live Webinar or Internet Safety Recorded Webinar and Intro to Human Trafficking Recorded Webinar.

CPR/AED/First Aid & Bloodborne Pathogen – National CPR Foundation (the cost of these are covered if you go through the links on the SCFPALMS)

In addition, there is a two-day, 14-hour live, interactive webinar for which Heartfelt Calling staff will register you once Orientation is completed.

FREE Training access to 24/7

The SCFPA, in collaboration with SCDSS, has started a Learning Management System with recorded webinars that you have FREE access to 24/7. We also have links to other LMS systems where you can access FREE 24/7 learning opportunities and we have a link to the The Tips for Child Care Institute that provides urgent hours for a fee.

Supplemental Training

Other State, National, and Organizational Training opportunities and resources that may be available to you.

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