Are you interested in becoming a foster parent?
There are two new Group Preparation and Selection (GPS) classes that are taking place this summer! If you have been praying about how you can get involved in foster care, please make plans to attend one of our foster care orientations at one of the following locations:
- New Beginnings Church in Northport, AL on May 30th at 6:00 p.m.
- Church of the Highlands (Grants Mill Campus) on June 3rd at 6:00 p.m.
After participating in an orientation, you can enroll in a GPS class at either location, starting on June 10th at 6:00 p.m. For more information concerning the orientation or GPS classes, please email Amber Dorsett at amber.dorsett@lifelinechild.org.
Church Partners
Lifeline is excited to be partnering with several different churches to provide opportunities to serve in foster care. We are currently offering Group Preparation and Selection (foster care) classes for families. Please see the page links below to learn more.
Church of the Highlands
For more information about Lifeline’s parternship with Church of the Highlands, please visit the Highlands Foster Care page HERE.
(A special thanks to the Video Production Team at Church of the Highlands for producing this video.)
Briarwood Presbyterian Church
Mountaintop Community Church
The Church at Brook Hills
About the Lifeline Foster Care Program
Lifeline has joined forces with other local agencies, churches, and the Department of Human Resources to recruit, train and license foster families for children in the State of Alabama foster care system. The need for licensed foster families has become apparent as the number of children needing placements continues to increase. With so few families available to take in children who have been at risk in their birth families’ homes, children are being placed into overcrowded foster homes. This hinders them from receiving adequate care and does not promote the best interest of each child.
Many families have responded to the need for foster families in the State of Alabama, specifically our local counties. Lifeline has continued to see this movement spread and is now working to license and support families from churches throughout the Birmingham area. In this new facet of our ministry, we have witnessed God’s provision of Christian families to meet the physical, educational, emotional, and spiritual needs of children in foster care.
Our commitment to those involved in this partnership is to train prospective foster families, conduct their home studies and licensure, and monitor them once they have children in their homes. Opportunities to work alongside birth families are inherent in foster care, so this ministry reaches beyond the walls of the foster home. For many children who have never been exposed to the Gospel, our foster parents are the hands and feet of Christ on a daily basis.
Even if you feel you are not equipped to foster a child, please know that there are countless opportunities for you to aid children and foster families through this ministry. Whether by taking a meal, giving foster parents the night off, or donating a car seat, your acts of service will be greatly valued by those receiving them. We have found that support and encouragement are absolutely vital ingredients for the success of this program.
If you are interested in becoming a licensed foster family, or for more information on future trainings, please contact Amber Dorsett, at amber.dorsett@lifelinechild.org or by calling 205.967.0811.
