Foster Care Baby Sitting Training
Attend one training to be certified with multiple agencies to babysit for foster families!
Participating Agencies Include
Arrow Child and Family Ministries, Methodist Children’s Home, A World for Children, Grace Manor, Christian Homes, Azleway, DFPS, UpBring, ChildrenFIRST, Buckner (an additional 8 hours of SAMA training is required for Buckner and ChildrenFIRST)
What a blessing you are to foster families and children by agreeing to become babysitters!
Complete This 4 Round Process to Become Certified
Round 1: Register
Complete application and appropriate registrations:
1. Fill out the Short Term Provider Application to begin the process to become an approved childcare provider. One form per person is required for those attending the training. All applicants must be 21 or older. Please return completed application with a copy of your driver’s license and social security card to Christi Sowell ASAP at christi@thefosteringcollective.org or call Christi at 903-312-4655 to schedule a time to deliver the application.
2. Register for Training Day.
3. To complete the process, download the additional childcare provider information: Packet for Each Babysitter
Round 2: Fingerprinting
You’ll receive an email to schedule your fingerprint appointment AFTER submitting your application. There is a $39.05 fee for fingerprinting. You will also have several documents to collect before training day which your paperwork guide will contact you about prior to training day.
Round 3: Online Trainings
Four trainings must be done online before you will be certified as a babysitter. We recommend this be done prior to training day:
- Psych Meds Training
- Trauma Informed Care
- New York Loves Babies Safe Video (There are multiple videos on this page, you are only required to watch the “New York Loves Babies Safe Video”)
Round 4: Training Day
Bring with you all of your document copies. After all the requirements are met, The Fostering Collective will share the necessary paperwork for certification with the other agencies that you choose.
Frequently Asked Questions
WHAT IS THE DATE AND TIME FOR TRAINING DAY?
Saturday, September 26, starting at 9:00 AM
WHO ARE THE AGENCIES THAT ARE PART OF THE JOINT CERTIFICATION?
Arrow Child and Family Ministries, Methodist Children’s Home, Hope Haven, A World for Children, Grace Manor, Christian Homes, Buckner, Azleway, DFPS, and East Texas Orphan Care Network.
THE AGENCY I WANT TO BABYSIT FOR IS NOT ON THE LIST. CAN THEY JOIN THE COLLABORATION NOW?
Not for this first round of training, but when we do this again, we will open it up to other agencies. We were not trying to be exclusive; we just needed to start somewhere and this group was already working together.
HOW MUCH WILL IT COST?
There are some set fees: $10 for registration and $39.05/person paid to the State’s fingerprinting company. CPR/First Aid training will cost $45 and will be offered on the day of the Babysitter Training.
HOW OLD DO I HAVE TO BE TO BABYSIT?
You must be 21 years of age or older.
