Resources for Certified Foster Parents

NVFS offers a variety of foster care resources. As an NVFS foster parent, you must obtain 24 hours of in-service training within one year, in addition to CPR and First Aid. It is important that these hours be completed in a timely manner, not only to support you and your foster child(ren), but so that NVFS is in compliance with its licensing standards.

Training Resources

Mandatory Training
Every foster parent must be trained on the below topics every year. If you missed an in-person training, please complete the questions in the documents below and submit them to NVFS to receive training credit.

Tips & Tools
After reading the below articles, submit your answers to NVFS to receive 30 minutes of training time for each topic.

Online Training
The below websites have various videos and articles that you can watch or read to obtain training credit.

Online Training by Topic

Forms

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