Pathways to Caring Homes
Every child deserves to grow up feeling secure, valued, and deeply cared for. At Kids Family Network, our child placing and adoption agency provides supportive family pathways across Grand Prairie, the DFW Metroplex, and Texas.
Whether serving as a temporary haven during family reunification or welcoming a child into a permanent forever home, we provide hands-on casework, trauma-informed guidance, and 24/7 support so caregivers and youth thrive together.
Foster Care Placement
When we place a child in your home, our goal is simple: you feel prepared, and the child feels seen and safe. We slow the process down enough to learn your family's strengths, routines, and limits …
Adoption Placement
Adopting from foster care is joyful and emotional, but it can also feel overwhelming. We guide you step by step so you always know what comes next-home study, matching, visits, legal finalization, …
Kinship Foster Licensing
When you step up for a grandchild, niece, nephew, or family friend, you should not have to fight the system alone. We walk with you through the kinship foster licensing process in plain …
Understanding Foster Care in Texas
A protective service focused on healing, stability, and family reunification.
What Is Foster Care?
Foster care is a protective service designed for moments when family crises become severe enough that children must temporarily leave their homes to safeguard their physical and emotional well-being.
Emotional and Physical Safety: When a child must be relocated, our verified foster homes shield them from harm while establishing emotional stability and predictable daily routines.
The Primary Goal of Reunification: Foster care is rooted in healing the family unit. While a child resides with an approved foster family, parents and children receive targeted social services, therapy, and resources to resolve the underlying challenges that prompted placement.
A Shared Team Effort: Foster parenting is a collective endeavor between our casework team, biological families, and licensed caregivers. It is not necessarily a lifetime commitment to a child, but a commitment to make a lasting, positive impact during a crucial time in their life.
The Transformative Role of a Foster Parent
Becoming an in-home healing agent and champion for a child.
Foster parents are our agency's greatest resource. Many children entering state care struggle with the heavy burden of self-blame, or fear that every adult will cause them harm.
From the open arms and steady guidance of our foster parents, children learn firsthand that foster care is a pathway of healing, not harm.
As a licensed caregiver with Kids Family Network, you serve as an essential in-home treatment partner:
Teaching Life and Health Skills: Instill essential personal hygiene, nutrition, social interactions, and daily life routines.
Coordination and Transportation: Provide reliable transportation to school, medical checkups, therapy sessions, and biological family visitations.
Implementing Evidence-Based Plans: Put into practice our Trauma Systems Therapy for Foster Care (TST-FC) strategies, transforming everyday moments into opportunities to soothe anxiety and rebuild trust.
Texas Foster and Adoption Requirements
Baseline criteria to open your home to a waiting child.
Our agency welcomes diverse households. You can successfully verify your home if you meet the following state benchmarks:
Age: At least 21 years of age.
Marital Status: Single, married, divorced, or widowed.
Identification: Hold a valid Texas driver’s license or state-issued photo ID.
Dedicated Space: Adequate, personal bedroom and bed space within your residence.
Health and Safety: Current TB screening for all household residents, CPR/First Aid certification, and up-to-date pet vaccinations.
Clearances: Pass comprehensive local, state, and FBI criminal background checks.
Discipline Agreement: Commit fully to our positive, non-physical discipline policy.
Free Training: Complete our flexible pre-service coursework at your convenience, online or in person.
Take Your Next Step
Connect with our Grand Prairie team to explore fostering or adoption.
Every journey begins with a conversation. Whether you are ready to start pre-service classes or simply want to ask questions about bedroom requirements and stipends, our advocates are here to guide you.
Office Address
2100 Virginia Dr Ste B, Grand Prairie, TX 75051
Direct Office Phone
Hours
Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
(24/7 on-call dispatch for active placements)