Anchor Family Services is a highly established Foster Care Agency in Texas dedicated to placing children in the care of well-trained, supportive foster parents who can provide a home of experience & love.
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SHARE YOUR HEART & HOME
Becoming a Foster Parent through our agency.
We know that important part of your foster/adoptive care journey is picking the right agency for you. Your agency should be one that feels like a collaborative and supportive team. It is our commitment and goal to be a partner alongside you in this quest.
Although we are so excited to have a conversation with you right away, we know you have unanswered questions in who we are, how we do things or maybe even about the foster care and adoption world in general. On this single page, we’ve done our best to answer the majority of basic and common questions you may have.
So spend some time here, jot down your questions, apply to become a parent and let’s talk about providing a home with Anchor Family Services, Inc. Let the journey start now.
What to know about the children in care—
If you find yourself nodding your head to each of these things and feel that you provide a foster or adoptive child a safe, learning and loving environment, we’re eager to meet you. Fill out a parent application to become a parent.
01. SAFETY
The number one goal for children that come into care is safety. Not just physical safety but also, emotional and mental safety. They need a safe place to be in all aspects of their lives. We are looking for families that are willing to provide not only a safe place to exist but a safe place to voice their fears, dreams, thoughts, and all that they come with.
02. FAMILY
Most often than not, the family these children come from are not able to support their child’s needs. That’s why they need you - a new family extension. We need families willing to provide a loving, stable and environment whether that is for a couple of weeks or forever.
03. DEVELOPMENT
Due to circumstances and environment, many children come into care developmentally behind in some areas. We need families to assist children in developing skill, such as, social, emotional, educational, and physical. Families will have access to resources to assist them.
04. COMMUNITY
There is a reason there is the saying “it takes a village.” We want children to be apart of a community. This takes place in many forms from recreation, school activities, church function, and neighborhood. Children can thrive by also being apart of the community they previously knew and existed in.
How To Become a Parent
Process to become a Foster and/or Adoption Parent through our agency.
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We gather basic information to tailor the foster care/adoption process to you and your family. This allows us to see if you are a good fit to collaborate in providing safe homes for children moving forward.
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After you apply to become a parent, we will reach out to you for an interview. We will review answers on your application, discuss topics regarding you and your families situation, answer any questions you may have and set up a game plan for the next steps.
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Everyone 14 years age and above living in your household must have a background check completed. We will give access to a personal, secured portal to complete this step. Most people will be required to complete FBI fingerprints. You will not be able to move forward without clearance from the state.
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Available in your client portal, you will be able to complete all the documents and information required to become a foster home or adoption. You will be required to submit important, extensive documents to develop a home study. We like to ensure that this information is secure and private.
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You will be required to attend 4 preservice trainings on scheduled Saturdays between 8am to 5pm. Once you select a training group you must attend all trainings in that group to the end. The training focuses on being trauma informed and how to parent a child that has experienced trauma, loss, and grief.
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This training can be completed at your own pace. Each caregiver will need to have their own training certificate with their own name on it. This training reviews the technical aspects of being a foster/adoptive parent (what is allowed, timelines, documents, rules that apply to being a foster parent, etc).
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The home study writer will provide professional recommendations of whether a family should be licensed, if there are any concerns, how many children you should be licensed for, what level of care you will need to provide, etc. The recommendation will be based on your paperwork, interview and inspection.
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Welcome to the Anchor Family! We begin looking for the child(ren) whose needs you can help. This process can be long or short depending on a number of aspects (number of kids, ages and level of care for the child you are licensed for, etc). However, we are looking hard and rooting for your family.
NOTE: Steps 4 - 6 can be done in any order but we require it to be complete within a certain timeline upon approval of your background check. You will not be sent a home study (step 7).until all previous steps have been complete. The home study will be conducted by an independent contractor. They will interview all household members both individually and collectively. Couples will also be interviewed together, as well as, the whole family. All household members will need to be present. The home study write will also do a walk-through of the home. A copy of all the inspections will be provided prior to the home study so that you can be prepared.
MEET THE FOUNDERS
A Foster Agency built by foster/adoption parents
After no longer being able to ignore the strong call of becoming foster parents, Amanda and Milton Timoteo took journey in becoming foster parents in 2009 — one of the greatest journey’s of their lives. In a few short years (2012), they had the amazing blessing of adopting their forever family. They hold their honor of providing for their children as a privilege and feel the same strong calling to provide the opportunity to other families interested in extending their homes and family.
In 2016, they started the process of opening Anchor Family Services with a unique insight of having experienced it all first-hand. They have taken their personal journey, expert degrees and studious knowledge to understand the needs of the children in care and build the highest quality placement agency in the state of Texas.
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“We celebrate right alongside you every step of this process. You will never be alone in our quality of care. We cheer for you, mourn with you, pray for you, and root for you every single day. It is an honor to be apart of your story and the children’s story!”
Sincerely, Milton & Amanda
OUR MISSION
Anchor Family Services brings opportunity to stable families who can provide an anchor of support to children in care by providing a strong training and education, personalized support, and teamwork to provide a loving and safe environment.
OUR VISION
We aspire to spread awareness of the needs of children in foster care and to support the families that provide an anchor to their lives while unceasingly looking for their forever safe home.
WE COMMUNICATE.
We believe in transparent, honest communication to serve our client families best. We will make sure that you understand every part of this journey before, during and after. There will be limitless opportunities to receive support directly from our teams and the community.
WE SERVE.
For all of us, this goes beyond a job. Our team and yourself are in service of these children and everything they aspire to become. Anchor is committed to the service and availability of the children and their families. Thank you for joining us and serving these amazing kids.
WE PROVIDE.
Our goal is to provide quality support for our families in every moment of the process. We will completely prepare you for the journey ahead. Through quality training, communication and 1:1 support, we are confident in providing you unlimited resources to assist the children in care.
WE GUIDE.
We will prioritize availability to our Anchor families. It is important to us that you feel prepared with the best practices and highest standards in the forefront of your mind. We work to develop and provide new resources about our industry.
Do you have questions about process, training, cost and more? Visit Frequently Asked Questions or fill out an application.
Are you ready to provide a loving home?
Need to contact us?
We hold our lines open for our Foster Children & Parents in case of emergencies. We prefer you reach out through email or the form on the right for any first-time support from Anchor Family Services.
Please fill out this form to set up a time to speak with one of our agency experts. Thank you!
