How To Begin

Congratulations on your decision! If you are still deciding if this is what you want to do, DO IT! You can predict a child in "the system" just as much as you can predict a child you have birthed. Any child you take in to your home to love takes a part of you with him/her. DNA is NOT a requirement.

From here, you need to know what to do next. Follow the links on the right for more assistance.

How To Begin:

• "Is this what I really want to do?"
  
  
• The criteria to become foster or adoptive parent(s)
  
  
• 1-2-3 Steps to take
  
  
• What is and Getting a Home study?
  
  
• What is MAPP class, and why you have to attend
  
  
• Frequently Asked Questions
  
  
• North Carolina DSS List With County Numbers