Learning how to become foster or adoptive parent is as easy as a phone call. Contact Jennifer Lothridge, Registrar, Foster Parent Training Coordinator at the Consortium for Child Welfare, 202.547.1589 and she will refer you to a member agency that will work with you on the process of becoming a foster or adoptive parent. Or, you may call one of the six member agencies that recruits and trains foster parents to care for foster children.

Board of Child Care 202.291.3330
Contact person: Tonya Logan

Catholic Charities 202.526.4100
Contact person: Vicky Rayfield

Family and Child Services of Washington, DC Inc. 202.289.1510
Contact persons: Karie Gaska, Sheila Lee, or June Timbo

For Love of Children 202.462.8686
Contact person: Janessa Cobb

Lutheran Social Services 202.723.3000
Contact person: Suzanne Washington

Progressive Life Center 301.773.1701
Contact persons: Maria Mobley or Shawna Robinson