The social worker will not share your personal information with any birth families; however, you may choose to share some information with a child’s family. Depending on the age of the child you foster, they may share some information about your home with their parent during visits.
You will be provided essential information about the child that is necessary for you to know and understand how to best care for that child. A resource parent is viewed as part of a team, which includes the child, his or her birth family and the social worker, among other supportive people such as therapists. Ideally, a foster child sees his or her resource family and birth family as appreciating and respecting one another and working together.