Who can act as family foster care?
A foster family or a family orphanage may be created by a spouse or a single person who:
- give a guarantee of proper foster care,
- are not and have not been deprived of parental responsibility and parental responsibility is not limited or suspended for them,
- fulfill the maintenance obligation, if such an obligation arises towards them under the enforcement order,
- are not limited in legal capacity,
- are able to provide proper care for the child, which has been confirmed by a certificate of a primary care physician and a psychologist's opinion that they are predisposed and motivated to perform the function of a foster family or run a family orphanage
- are staying on the territory of the Republic of Poland
- provide appropriate conditions to meet the individual needs of the child,
including emotional, physical and social development, proper education and development of interests, as well as leisure and free time organization.
In the case of a non-professional foster family, at least one person creating this family must have a permanent source of income.
Candidates to perform the functions of professional foster family, non-professional foster family and to run a family orphanage or family foster care should have a certificate of completion of training organized by the organizer of family foster care and qualifications in writing granted by the Foster Care Organizer (e.g. PCPR or MOPS)