Foster Care and Adoption

Catholic Charities foster care program helps qualified individuals and couples become licensed foster parents. Our case managers facilitate the initial training and continue to provide ongoing training, resources and support. We recruit and support foster parents, therapeutic foster parents, kinship foster parents and unaccompanied minor foster parents.

Danielle shares what it is like to go from fostering to adopting and her relationship with Catholic Charities. You can read more about her adoption story to find out about the special child that became a part of Danielle's family.

Danielle and her husband became foster parents in 2012 in Prescott, Ariz., and since then fostered nine children. In 2014, they met one child that would stay forever.

Danielle shares what it is like to go from fostering to adopting and her relationship with Catholic Charities. You can read more about her adoption story to find out about the special child that became a part of Danielle's family.

Have you considered becoming a foster parent? If so, you can take a simple first step by attending an orientation to learn how you can make a difference in the life of a child. If you would like to help, but can't foster, please consider becoming a one-time or monthly donor. Your gifts will help foster parents better care for children.


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Holly Yzquierdo is an experienced Marketing and Communications Manager and has served at Catholic Charities since 2014. She is passionate about helping nonprofits share the impact of their work in a digital world. Holly has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Cameron University. Outside of work, Holly enjoys spending time with her family.

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