Foster Care Services
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You Can Make a Difference in a Child’s Life!
With A Better Way, you can provide foster care to children until their permanent caregiver brings them home. Or, adopt through foster care (foster-to-adoption) and help children in need while permanently growing your family.
Since 1996, A Better Way has supported individuals, couples, & families to provide safe, nurturing environments through foster care and foster-to-adoption.
After we prepare and legally approve you to foster or foster-to-adopt, we will match you with a child/children and support you to nurture them. Our services are free to you. To learn more, explore this website and join one of our upcoming morning or evening orientations.
A Better Way Families Receive:
Individualized support from our social workers
Family therapy to ease adjustment when a new child joins you
24/7 on-call crisis support while a foster child is in your home
Ongoing training, skills development, & conferences at no cost
Free approval, matching, and placement services
Medical, dental, and therapy needs covered for any child placed with you
A monthly, tax-free reimbursement for any child placed with you
Each year, the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) honors a wide spectrum of individuals and organizations making extraordinary contributions to adoption, permanency, and child welfare.
A Better Way was honored receive an Angels in Adoption® award at CCAI’s 2021 virtual gala.
The award was accepted by Sheila and Andrew, clients of A Better Way who fostered then adopted five children with the help of our agency.
A Better Way
Permanency Program
3200 Adeline Street
Berkeley, CA 94703
(Walking distance from Ashby BART)