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Foster Care Application, Forms, Brochures and Handbooks

Foster Home Licensing Forms:

• Application for Foster Care License (06-9162)
• Background Information for Each Applicant (06-9389)
• Clearance Form (06-9437)
• Family Characteristics
• Fire Escape Plan (D084-LIC-03)
• Plan for Care (06-9045)
• Provider Emergency Information Response Form (06-9386)

Note: Each household member age 16 and older is required to be fingerprinted. Your local OCS office can assist you in getting fingerprints rolled.

Additional Foster Home Forms:

• Provider Guidelines for Psychotropic Medication for Children in State Custody
• Foster parent Report of Stolen/Damaged Property or Personal Injury (06-9440)
• Medical, Dental and Medication Record (06-9180)
• Incident, Emergency, Accident, Illness and Change Report (D084-LIC-08)

Foster Care informational brochures:

• 7 Day Survival Kit
• Family Disaster Plan
• Family Disaster Supplies Kit
• Family Emergency Plan
• Food and Water in an Emergency
• Foster Children's Rights
  
• Helping Children Cope with Disaster

See the Public Health Preparedness website for additional resources.

Handbooks and Guides:

• Alaska Resource Family Handbook
• Becoming a Legal Guardian to a Child in Foster Care
• Plant Poisoning Prevention Treatment Brochure

Articles and publications of interest:

• All About Foster Care and Foster Parenting
• Children’s Voice
• Family Stories About Foster Care and Adoption
• Fostering Families Today