i want to open my own foster home for pregnant teens what do i need to do?
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Contact your local department of child welfare.  Put the word out to your local churches and schools.  Good Luck.
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if they have been adopted u need to go through the legal chanels\n\ndont worry, some are really helpful and its safer for you too
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Go to local newspapers.  Perhaps you can get them to publish your story .  You'd be amazed how the public responds to appeals made by young mothers who need help.  Good luck.
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Ask your adopted parents. And/or the adoption agency.
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I would do a local charity, and it would be a group home at different at all levels of need. Our community has needy kids and the closest facilities are 200 miles away. Most parents can't travel that, so the kids are left in the system instead of being reintegrated to the families. They do have foster homes here, but children who pose a threat to themselves or others are not placed in foster homes. These are the local children I would like to help.
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Looking at your previous questions before daring to answer this one, I see you want to be a foster parent.  I believe a gerbil in your husbands a##hole is better than foster children in your house.
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Start with a call to an attorney that practices in Family law, you might be able to get free representation through legal aide, check the community pages of your local phone book. You could also call your local department of human Services, they might be able to help you or at least point you in the right direction... Remember though, if your parents lose custody, it doesn't mean you will automatically get it...you will have to be proved as fit and capable of taking care of children and be financially stable enough to provide for them. They could end up in foster care or another adult in the family that meets the requirements could take them.
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Contact your local Child Protective Services department.  They can lead you in all neccessary directions.
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Go to your local court clerks office and ask for papers to file for legal guardianship of a child/ren. That worked for me when I got guardianship of four of my friends children, whom I have been raising now for ten years.\n\nIf that does not work, go to the bookstore and ask if there are any books on legal guardianship. There are books with forms and everything you need for divorce, child custody, wrongfull eviction, wrongfull employment termination, and many others.\n\nIf that doesn't work, just call a local attorney who does guardianships, explain your situation, and you just might be given the paperwork you need.\n\nGood luck in finding what you need. Good for you for stepping up and taking care of children who need a decent, safe and loving home. Fostercare, while sometimes provides some decent homes, is a corrupt system which steals children from their families, often making it too difficult for even other family members to take their own blood into their homes. The child welfare system needs total revamping and changes.\n\nGod bless and happiness always
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In Ohio, you contact this agency if you wish to start a daycare facility\n\nOhio Department of Job & Family Services \nBureau of Child Care and Development \n255 East Main Street, 3rd Floor \nColumbus, OH 43215-5222 \nPhone: 614-466-1043\nFax: 614-466-0164 or 614-728-6803\nWeb site: http://jfs.ohio.gov/cdc/\nE-mail: childcare@odjfs.state.oh.us \n\nThe first step is to prepare a business plan. Even if you will not be applying for a bank loan, a business plan helps you to think through your business - what it needs, who it will benefit, how much it will cost, and what is its potential. Here are free business plans on childcare business that you may want to look into:\n\nhttp://www.sba.gov/library/pubs/mp-30.doc\nhttp://www.misbtdc.org/documents/BPWORKBK.pdf\nhttp://www.misbtdc.org/documents/CDCPLAN.pdf\nhttp://sbdcnet.utsa.edu/sbic/bplans.htm \n\nYou may want to read the free article "How To Start Your Own Day Care Center" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol40/daycare.htm It covers various aspects of starting and running a daycare center including the demand for daycare centers, how to start this business, shoestring strategies, how to operate a daycare center, tips on caring for the children, income potential, how to manage your daycare, marketing your business and other additional income potential. There are so many things to learn about the business that the first step is to read everything you can find.\n\nFor in-depth information, I suggest checking out the following books:\n\n- Start and Run a Profitable Home Day Care \n- The Daycare Provider's Workbook \n- Start Your Own At-Home Child Care Business \n- So You Want to Open a Profitable Child Care Center : \nEverything You Need to Know to Plan, Organize and Implement a Successful Program \n\nIt is also important that you learn the tax rules affecting daycare centers, especially if you are going to open one from your home. Here is the IRS page on child care centers: http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/industries/content/0,,id=99878,00.html\n\nAs for the licenses and requirements in your state, the Administration for Children and Families provide a state by state listing of contacts for licensing and regulations governing child care businesses:\nhttp://www.nccic.org/statedata/dirs/regoffic.html\n\nFor information on the Headstart program in Ohio, visit the following websites\n\nOhio Head Start Association, Inc. http://www.ohsai.org/\nhttp://www.cdfohio.org/legislation_programs/early_childhood/head_start/default.asp
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I would first start out by sitting down and writing out a simple outline/gameplan identifying what my goals were, how did I want to help, what would i consider "sucsess" and who did I want to help.From there you would have a better idea of where to look for help,etc.\n\nSay you wanted to have an afternnon mentoring program for toubled youths, where would you meet and what would you offer. Once you have your ideas roughed out, it will be easier to write a grant proposal. I also suggest contacting your local small buisiness admin about how and wher to seek grants and look at various govt websites.Just becareful of buisiness that offer to get your grant for you for a fee
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The department of human services would be a good place to start.  Good luck.
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you find ways to do it. i had my daughter when i was still in high school and her father walked out on me. my priorities changed and i lived my whole live for the child that i brought into this world. i don't know how old you are but i do know that there is a program that just started in my area where single teenage mother actually live in a home with other teenage mothers and their babies and they each take turns watching the babies so that they can do homework or go to work. it is a really cool program. i wish it was around when i had my first daughter. good luck.
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Most states require you to obtain a work permit. If still in school most guidance counselors give them out,  You can also go to town hall or city hall. 15 and twins. You have a tough road ahead and depending how far along you are you may want to hold off on the job hunting for a while. Take care of yourself and the health of the babies first. Strees over finances and the job search is one thing you do not need. There should be a program in your area that helps teens in your situation.  Astrong support system at home helps
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Why not make some posters and put them up in neighborhood preschools.  Have your parents take you to the job.  Just use a first name and home phone.  Take the red cross babysitting certification course.
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Call social services in your county and ask the department who you should call for the requirements. They will point you in the right direction.
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Go to your local welfare department.