Faith-Based vs. General Orientation

What is the difference between Faith-Based and General Orientations?

Faith-Based Orientation

  1. Extended Faith Orientation (Covering all the necessary State material in addition to some faith material)*
  2. Basic Training (a one-day course that prepares families, before choosing an agency, with the Biblical call to the orphan and foster child, reiterating steps in the process and the realities of caring for a child from a hard place)*
  3. Choosing an Agency
  4. Foster Parent College (through your agency)
  5. Home Study
  6. Forming and Training Support Teams (a team for each family)*
  7. Licensure/Certification *Steps unique/distinct to Arizona 1.27

General Orientation

  1. Orientation covers all necessary State material
  2. Choosing an agency
  3. Foster Parent College (through your agency)
  4. Home Study

 

Sign Up for an Orientation

  1. Faith-Based State Orientation– covers all necessary state material in addition to some faith material
    FIND AN FAITH-BASED ORIENTATION
  2. General State Orientation– covers all necessary state material
    FIND AN ORIENTATION IN MARICOPA COUNTY
    FIND AN ORIENTATION IN PIMA AND PINAL COUNTY

 

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