Want to learn more?
To be connected with a
program near you, please call:
(888) 746.2850
Eau Claire
1320 W. Clairemont Avenue
Eau Claire, WI 54701
Janesville
What Type of Support
Does LSS Provide?
Therapeutic foster parents receive:
* Specialized Training
* 24-hour Support
* Respite Care
612 N. Randall Avenue
Janesville, WI 53545
La Crosse
2307 South Avenue
La Crosse, WI 54601
Wausau
115 N. 6th Street
Wausau, WI 54403
* Case Coordinator
* Monetary Compensation
www.lsswis.org
Foster Care
Services
Fostering children through Lutheran Social
Services...one grace-filled life at a time.
Your Community
Needs YOU...
Over 5,100 foster homes across the state
of Wisconsin care for almost 8,000 foster
children each year. There is an ongoing
need for foster parents, especially those
who can care for sibling groups, teenagers,
and children with disabilities.
Become Part of a Team
that Makes a Difference
in the Life of a Child...
Lutheran Social Services (LSS)
Therapeutic Foster Parents provide
nurturing support, love, and security for
children and teens. The program is a
powerful and unique model of care that
provides specialized services to children
and adolescents who have:
* Mental Illness
* Behavioral Disorders
* Family Issues
* Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse Issues
* Developmental Disabilities
* Other Challenges
Foster families open their hearts and
homes to children and teens requiring
placement on a short or long-term basis.
The children we place have traumatic
histories and are in need of therapeutic
foster parents to provide a home with
guidance, structure, patience and
understanding. We are in search of parents
of all races, ages and denominations who
want to share their strength, courage, and
values with these children.
Our program also has opportunities for
respite providers who lend support to foster
parents.
People will forget what you said.
People will forget what you did.
But people will never
forget how you
made them feel.
—Maya Angelou
Who Qualifies to be a
Foster Parent?
Therapeutic foster parents can be
married, single or non-marital partners,
home-owners or renters, parents or
grandparents, employed or retired.
Foster parents for LSS must be at least 21
years old and meet three of the following
criteria:
* High school graduate or equivalent
* Five years of experience parenting or working with children
* Previous experience as a foster
parent
* Previous experience as a respite care provider to a foster family
* Work or personal experience