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  1. Variety Children & Family Services
  2. CERTIFIED FOSTER HOME REQUIREMENTS

As a potential foster parent preparing your home to receive a foster child, please ensure that all of the following home requirements are in place before the final home inspection and prior to certification of your home.

  1. TWO SMOKE DETECTORS – One should be located near the kitchen area and one located in the hall ways close to the bed rooms.
  2. FIRST AID KIT – Must contain essential medical emergency supplies which include bandages, antiseptics ,  a pair of tweezers, scissors, medical tape, gauze,  hydrogen peroxide or rubbing alcohol 
  3. LOCKED MEDICAL CONTAINER – Cabinet or box where prescribed or other medications as well as aspirin must be stored.
  4. LOCKED CABINET– For all items designated “keep out of reach of children. This include bleach, soap, cleaning solutions, poison, pesticides and any other items which may be dangerous to children.
  5. GASOLINE STORAGE– not more than one gallon of gasoline in the garage and must be locked. No gasoline in the bed room, living room or kitchen.
  6. HOME REPAIR– There must be no broken windows or doors. No excessively dirty windows.
  7. OUTSIDE CONDITION– The compound must be clean at all times and free of hazards. No garbage pilling up any where
  8. FOOD SUPPLY – One week worth of food available in the home including fruits and dairy products.
  9. BED LINENS – Two sets of bed linens including pillow cases and  one pillow for each certified bed
  10. CONDITION OF HOME– Must be safe, clean and well maintained
  11. BEDROOMS– No more than two children can be in one bed room. Bedroom must have a door for privacy. Children of the opposite sex may not share a room unless they are under five years of age. Each room must have a bed , dresser with drawers for the child and a space for his clothing and personal belongings
  12. SHARING A ROOM– Children cannot share a room with an adult (any one over the age of 18) unless under the age of two.
  13. SWIMMING POOL– All pools, ponds or spas must be surrounded by a five-foot fence with a self locking and self closing gate that opens away from the pool.
  14. FIREARMS– Must be properly stored in a safe or locked in a cabinet with trigger locks and ammunition locked separately in a locked cabinet.
  15. BATHROOM SCALE– Children must be weighed monthly.
  16. FUNCTIONING PHONE– A functioning land or cell phone must be available in the home to maintain contact with Variety Children & family Services and other outside resources.
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