The Windsor Essex Children's Aid Society desperately needs foster parents.
The society currently has more than 10 children in unlicensed placements. These are hotels or rented homes in the community supervised by CAS staff.
"Our Children's Aid staff watches them 24/7 and gives them that day-to-day care. But what they really need is that one-to-one loving and attentive foster parents that can give them a home, give them that care," said Rachel Ross, foster parent recruiter.
She said statistically there are less children in care because of the focus on kin placements but there is still a need for more foster families in the community.
"We have less children in care than we ever have and that's really what we want, we want children to remain with their families. We will do everything we can for that," said Ross. "Right now we have approximately 200 children in care and we only have about 80 foster families.
Anyone interested in becoming a foster parent can go to an information session at the Windsor Essex Children's Aid Society on July 9 at noon.
As part of the process applicants will be asked for health checks, criminal record checks, and character references. The society will also do a home inspection before any placement. The process usually takes between four months to a year to complete.
The agency is also looking for volunteers for short-term care placements, drivers and other programming.
