UJIMA Agency specializes in the placement of children in appropriate homes.

 

 

Feel free to download the pre-application, fill it out, and submit it to UJIMA for processing.  We will be in touch with you to schedule a foster care class and home visits.

 

 

·         A family who works with our agency is put through a rigorous training and preparation process before taking placement of a child/children from the child welfare system of Washington State. The “home study” process is a comprehensive self-evaluation and agency evaluation of the family accomplished through multiple interviews, document compilation, and collateral contacts. At the same time, we certify that our family can provide foster care to a waiting child/children. Both evaluations (foster care and adoption) have state mandated procedures, protocols and forms to which we add our own quality assurance measures.

·         After a family has been approved for placement, we match that family with a waiting child/children. This includes an examination of the child’s/children’s history and special needs as well as the family’s ability to meet those needs. We purpose to facilitate a smooth and sensitive transition for the child/children moving in with the family.

·         After placement, we support and monitor the progress of the family and act as the liaison between the family and the child’s/children’s worker. We advocate for services, provide ongoing support groups (family and children), provide direct guidance and lend emotional support to the family and the child. When ready, we facilitate and prepare the necessary documents to finalize the adoption.

·         Foster care/adoption home studies are facilitated as agency resources are available. There are no fees for foster care licensing, the maintenance of the license or the servicing of the license. There are no fees for waiting child adoption except those reimbursable through the State Adoption Support Program.