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Host Families for Children offered by Olive Crest

823 West Indiana Avenue, Spokane, WA 99205

Eligibility

Families in acute crisis (such as homelessness, medical issues, loss of job) who could use temporary out-of-home overnight care for their children.
https://www.olivecrest.org/host-families
[email protected]

Application process

Call or access the website.

Fees

None.

Service area

Spokane, WA

Other Information

Focus Population

Single Parent Families Headed by Mothers
Mentally Ill
Fleeing DV
Caregivers
General
Single Parent Families Headed by Fathers
Two Parent Families
Domestic Violence Survivors
Homeless

Payment Options

Free

Age Group

Adolescents (13-17)
Youth (under 13)

Description

Parents experiencing a temporary crisis can arrange for their children to stay with Host Families volunteers while they address the issues that led to the instability in their lives. Provides a safe alternative to child welfare custody. Crises include short-term emergencies, such as hospitalization, or a longer-term crisis, such as drug abuse or homelessness. Volunteer families are extensively screened and supported, and biological parents maintain full custody while their children are in the program. The ultimate goal is to support and strengthen biological families so they can become successful caregivers for their own children.

Providing organization

Olive Crest

Implements the Host Families program, which provides volunteer host families who take care of children whose parents are in crisis.

Host Families for Children offered by Olive Crest