Orientation and training schedule:

Our next foster parent training will begin in August 2010.. Please Contact Davina at 423-522-2171 for further information about joining the training class.

Youth Villages foster parents receive free training, monthly reimbursements to help offset the costs of adding a child to their houehold and ongoing, 24-hour support.

To find out if being a foster parent is right for you, attend a free orientation session. To become a foster parent, you must complete PATH (Parents as Tender Healers) training classes.

For more information about being a foster parent, please contact Youth Villages Foster Care Recruiter Davina Bolinger at (423) 522-2171.

Become a foster parent and help a child find the way home

Heroes are people who display extraordinary courage in difficult circumstances. That describes those willing to make a difference by touching the lives of Tennessee's most vulnerable young people. There are hundreds of foster children who need love, gentle guidance and safe places to call home right here in our East Tennessee communities. With your help, some of these young people will have the chance to learn what it means to have a loving home and prosper in a healthy environment.

Youth Villages offers foster parents free training, 24-hour support and a monthly reimbursement. You can help by calling Youth Villages today. Foster Parent Recruiter Davina Bolinger will answer your questions about what it takes to be a foster parent: (423) 522-2171.

Consider becoming a foster parent today and help a child find the way home.