Become a Resource Parent

Sign up for an interest meeting to find out more about agency, what we do and how you can become a resource parent with us.

Thank you for your interest in becoming a resource family with Sought After! Our interest meetings are held on the third Saturday every other month for families and couples interested in finding out more about our agency. It is one hour and we go over our who we are, what we do, the children we specialize in, and how we prepare you to be resource families. Questions and concerns welcome at these meetings! Check our events calendar below for the next meeting and please RSVP HERE for the zoom link. If you do not see one soon, feel free to email us at info@soughtafterffa.org to request one.

Resource Family Interest

Please fill out this form as best you can so we can and a staff member will get back to you as soon as possible 🙂

If after the interest meeting you feel led to become a resource family with Sought After, you will begin the application and interview process

If you feel like becoming a resource family under Sought After, you will be given a resource family application. The forms provided will depend on whether or not you have previously been a resource family or if this is your first time.

Once you have filled out and submitted the application, our Sought After staff will email you to set up an interview with our administrator and executive director. Interviews are preferred to be in-person at our Scotts Valley office location. However, zoom interviews are also an option. We are flexible in working out whatever form is best for the family.

During the application process, you will have to provide a background check through Guardian. All paperwork and instructions will be provided by Sought After

All interested families/individuals must take and pass a background check through Guardian, the system used for foster family agencies. All paperwork will be filled out and provided by Sought After staff. The family/individual interested in becoming a resource family with our agency must pay for the fingerprint fee out of pocket (usually $15). However, If the family/individual passes the background check, Sought After will reimburse the family/individual for the background check fees.

Any and all questions regarding the background check are welcome.

All resource families are required to go through our 20-hour CSEC focused training, be certified in CPR, and go through a housing inspection

All potential resource families/parents must go through a total of 40-hours of training after they have passed their background check. This training includes the basic resource parent training provided by each individual resource families home counties. Once the basic training is completed, families/individuals will then take Sought After’s 20 hour CSEC-focused , trauma informed parenting training where they will be training on what trafficking is, what is normal when a child comes out of the life with this kind of trauma, what they can expect, and how to prepare. Sought After staff surround each family even after the training to ensure they are supported.

During the training, there will also be a housing inspection of the residence of the potential resource family/resource parent. The training must be complete and the residence must pass the housing inspection before families/individuals can move to step 5.

Final step before being certified as a Sought After resource family and be able to then start taking placements

CONGRATULATIONS!! Once you have reached this step, you will be certified as a Sought After Resource Family/Parent and will be provided a certificate of completion that you will post in your home. Once you ave reached this step, the matching process with a Sought After Social Worker can begin where you will be matched with potential children in need of a resource family home. You can then begin taking placements once a match is found.