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CK Family Services is a Foster Care/Adoption Agency. Our mission statement: People united through God to enhance the physical, emotional, and spiritual well being of at-risk children and families.
When the state investigates an allegation of abuse and/or neglect a child is found to be unsafe within their family of origin and other relatives and friends (kin) are not immediately available, the state assumes custody of the child and places the child into foster care. Foster families provide temporary care for children while birth families work through a 12-18 month plan with the court in order to regain custody. CK Family Services seeks to partner with families that are able to commit to caring for a child regardless of how long they will need to remain in placement.
The purpose of the CK Family Services foster care program is to provide quality care in a family setting for children and adolescents who cannot remain with their families. The primary mission in our foster care program is to support children and their families of origin in their reunification efforts, whenever possible. Foster parents must work with children to heal their relationships with their birth parents, siblings, family members, peers and others.
At CK, we are committed to finding every child in North Texas a safe, loving and stable home environment. We partner with Child Protective Services (CPS) to ensure the safety of each of the children that come into our care.
We are always looking for dedicated families in North Texas who would be willing to care for these children when their biological families are unable. Foster care is a temporary placement and at CK we aim for every biological family to have the opportunity for reunification. In the event that a child is unable to return home, we work to find the appropriate permanent home for the child.
Foster parenting requires unconditional love to children who most often may have never experience love of any kind and may not know how to accept it. CK staff are dedicated to giving your family all the resources we can to equip you to serve these children to the best of your ability and will be by your side every step of the way.
All of our families must demonstrate financial and emotional stability as we aim to provide the best environment for these children in crisis.
When a child is unable to return home to their biological family, their foster family will have the opportunity to adopt them as apart of theirs. This is a beautiful opportunity for a family to offer a child a forever family.
The termination of parental rights and the legal process of adoption are complex procedures. In 2014, children spent an average of 12 months in foster care between the time when parental rights were terminated and their adoption.
It’s important to recognize that when considering fostering a child and adopting, the adoption can’t be finalized until the child’s birth parents rights have been identified, notified of their legal rights, given an opportunity to participate in the court process, and the terminations of parental rights (TPR) process is completed.
Our agency, offers dual licensing which means that you will be certified to foster and adopt if you choose to do so.
Each of our CK families are assigned a caseworker who will ensure that each child’s needs and rights to safety, permanency and well-being are met. It is important to be flexible and set realistic hopes and expectations for you and your family during this process, including after the adoption has been finalized. CK offers a variety of post adoptive resources to help with learning, medical, behavioral or emotional challenges that a child might experience during this transition.