Provide a
Special Home
Provide a
Special Home
We are looking for caring and compassionate people
to provide a Special Home to a child, youth, or family.
Our Special Home opportunities are for Foster Care
or Refugee scenarios.
We are looking for caring and
compassionate people to provide
a Special Home to a child,
youth, or family.
Our Special Home opportunities
are for Foster Care or
Refugee scenarios.
Provide a Special Home
We are looking for caring and compassionate people to provide a Special Home to a child, youth, or family.
Our Special Home opportunities are for Foster Care or Refugee scenarios.
What is a Special Home?
What is a Special Home?
What is a Special Home?
Special Homes, or Host Homes, is an opportunity to temporarily host Foster Children, Unaccompanied Refugee Minors, or Refugee families.
What makes this opportunity different from others is you are expected to provide things like:
- A safe and stable place to call home
- Guidance and help teach life skills necessary for successful independence and acclimation such as:
- Cooking
- Budgeting
- Maintaining a household
- Applying for school
- Applying for jobs
- English
- Have a pre-determined and agreed upon amount for rent due and assist the foster successfully make those payments to you.
Special Homes, or Host Homes, is an opportunity to temporarily host Foster Children, Unaccompanied Refugee Minors, or Refugee families.
What makes this opportunity different from others is you are expected to provide things like:
- A safe and stable place to call home
- Guidance and help teach life skills necessary for successful independence and acclimation such as:
- Cooking
- Budgeting
- Maintaining a household
- Applying for school
- Applying for jobs
- English
- Have a pre-determined and agreed upon amount for rent due and assist the foster successfully make those payments to you.
Helpful Information
To preview the Application Process in detail, visit the link below.
Below are Some of the Special Home Opportunities
Bridge
Home
Bridge Home
A Bridge Home is an opportunity to open up your home and take in a young person and provide them an environment with food, shelter, and the intent of teaching life skills. We want to aid our young person by investing in them so when they are ready to depart from our homes they will succeed in all aspects of life.
Here are some of the requirements:
- Have a vacant bedroom
- Willing to have a brief home & health safety check
- Live near transportation
- Complete Interviews & Trainings
- Keep your time commitment
Host
Home
Host Home
A Host Home is a powerful and unique experience. The commitment you are willing to make is to open up your home to a young person between that is 18 and older, or a refugee family. We ask that you’d be willing to provide food and shelter for this young person or family. Host Homes will be expected to host this young person or family for no less than 90 days, possibly up to 1 year, and hopefully longer.
Here are some of the requirements:
- Have a vacant bedroom
- Willing to have a brief home & health safety check
- Live near transportation
- Complete Interviews & Trainings
Foster Care Home
Foster Care Home
Foster Care Home is an opportunity to take in a youth between the ages of 15-17 and provide them a family home environment. You would be responsible for transportation, general well-being of the youth, and the mentorship of the youth with the intent of launching the youth into independence. A monthly stipend would be available for their care.
Aging Out Teen Home
Aging Out Teen Home
Aging Out Foster Teens are at high risk for destructive and criminal behaviors unless others help. They need a family willing to teach them independent living skills; to be a “sounding board” and listen to their problems; to offer guidance and a new way of coping; to be a support, a soft place to fall, a non-judgmental safe environment filled with compassion which was a rarity in their childhood; to help them find a job, further education and eventually a new place to live.
- Foreign Students – what a wonderful opportunity to share your love, culture and family! These are high school age who are here for a school year. ICA calls this program GAP.
- Foster Children in family homes in a foreign country supported by the local church.
- Teens who are experiencing a crisis pregnancy.
Info Meeting
Ready to start the process and attend your personalized Info Meeting? Schedule your Info Meeting with us!
Advocate
Not sure if you can Foster, but still want to help. Find out how you can advocate.
Donate
If you’re not quite ready to start your Foster Care or Adoption journey and are interested helping alternatively.
Special Home Resources
Special Home Resources
Start Your Journey!
ICA has been a Voice of HOPE for children, youth, & and their families worldwide for over 30 years. Let us know how we can assist in raising your Voice of HOPE for those in need.
