Expectations of a Foster Family:

• Provide care, nurturing, and supervision for a child.
• Provide transportation to doctor appointments, therapy appointments, visitation with biological parents, and court hearings.
• Provide monthly documentation of the child’s progress in your home.

What Foster Parents receive:

• Knowing that you are having a positive impact on the life of a child.
• A per diem rate per day that the child is in your home with assist with the financial burden of having a child in your home.
• Reimbursement for mileage for travel to all of the child’s appointments.

What Foster Children are eligible for:

• WIC program for up to age 5 to help with the cost of formula and food.
• Headstart Ages 3-5 — Preschool Program for children.
• Day Care Subsidy through the Berks County Intermediate Unit.
• Free School Lunches