Foster Care and Kinship Care
Become a foster parent
Alberta needs more foster parents.
Listen to real foster parents tell their stories and find out how you can help a child who needs a safe, stable place to call home at FosterCareAlberta.ca.
Province takes action on recommendations from foster care review
Foster Care Review Report (296K pdf)
When children are not able to stay with their families, we look for other places they can call home.
Foster care is when children are placed in temporary homes with people they may not have a previous relationship with. Children may stay in a foster home for a few days or many years. Foster parents receives financial compensation, training and support for the care they provide foster children.
Kinship care is when children are placed with extended family, such as a grandparent, or someone with whom they have a significant relationship. Kinship caregivers receive financial compensation, training and support similar to that of foster parents.
