Sunrise foster care offers services throughout the state of Kentucky. We are a different kind of foster care agency. We are a Christ-centered foster care ministry that has a commitment to produce and maintain strong, quality therapeutic foster homes. Through the professional training and ongoing support provided by our entire staff, our mission is to help families like yours grow to be confident and competent foster parents for the children and youth that we serve.

Download our Foster Parent Information Booklet for information to start the process of becoming a foster parent.

To become a foster parent for Sunrise Children’s Services, you and your family must meet the following minimal requirements:

• Be at least 21 years of age
• Be a Kentucky resident
• Have a valid Commonwealth of Kentucky driver’s license
• Have reliable transportation and automobile insurance
• Be mentally and physically able to care for children
• Own or rent a home that is safe and free from hazards
• Have space for an additional child(ren) in your home
• Complete criminal background and child abuse checks
• Be willing to complete the pre‐service training and participate in a home study
• If married, have been continuously married to and living as a family with your current spouse for one year; cohabitating couples are not permitted

Like some other agencies, we provide ongoing 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week support to our families, free pre-service and on-going training opportunities, and daily care reimbursement based on the child’s age and behavioral needs. However, we also provide a variety of benefits that you may not find with just any foster care agency, including:

• Transportation assistance and mileage reimbursement to relieve the burden of high gas prices
• Respite care to ensure you have time for yourself and your own family
• Liability insurance
• Recruitment bonuses for referrals of new foster parents
• Flexible training schedules, including group and in-home sessions, and training in the evenings or on weekends to meet the demands of your busy life
• A variety of flexible training formats, including web-based training, topic specific on-demand trainings, and training opportunities with other foster parents that serve as a time to network and gain support from others
• Long-term experienced staff members who are always just a phone call away to provide assistance developing goals, planning for the child’s treatment, and to advocate for the child in the legal and educational systems
• Placement matching services to ensure the “best fit” for the child and your family and a statewide network of supportive churches and businesses that provide additional support by donating gift cards, free or discounted event tickets, and other in-kind gifts

Call 502-538-1000 for information or to start the process of becoming a foster parent.

What Fostering Means

“Fostering is spilled tears, broken dreams, and stolen innocence. It is the restoration of what was once lost, and the new beginnings of things to come. Fostering is the choice to parent children, children thrown to the wolves, neglected by the selfish, and a holding pattern for those slated for reunion; not to spite myself, but to bless my life… I foster. I cry, I pray, and I cheer my children to the betterment of themselves. Whether within my home, out into the world, and into the continuation of their lives; the handprint of a mother’s love is upon them… the blueprint for success is within them. Fostering is planting a seed of hope that will endure the weight of the past and bring harvest to promises of the future.“

~ Viva, age 53, Sunrise Foster Parent