?Shelter's Home-of-Relative, Traditional Foster Care, and Emergency Foster Care programs aim to place children in safe, stable, and nurturing environments until they can be reunited with their biological families. When reunification is not possible for safety or other reasons, adoption may be one option, though fostering is typically a temporary commitment.

Provides placement and support for children with specialized needs in foster care. "Specialized" refers to children with medical, emotional, behavioral or mental health needs. Also includes special groups in need of foster placement such as adolescents and LGBTQ youth. Provides licensing for adults to foster or adopt children with specialized needs.

Places children who have experienced neglect and/or abuse in a safe home. Other services include: - Counseling services for children, foster parents, and birth parents - Children advocacy in court - 24 hour crisis interventions - Foster home monitoring - Referrals for birth parents to get help for issues that prevent them from being with their children. Also offers “respite” care to help give full-time foster parents a break on weekends or short term for 1-2 weeks at a time.