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Foster/Adoptive Home general information

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In myEvolv use the General Information forms for Foster/Adoptive homes to complete the foster home entry and eventually make the home available for client placement. A home is available for placement only if the following information is entered:

Home Information

  • Name - A Foster Home name is entered by default. At any time you can change this name and save the form.
  • License # - License # or unique ID to identify the home.
  • Is Active - To hide the family from placement availability, do not select Is Active.
  • Currently Accepting Placements - Select this check box to indicate the foster home is accepting placement.
    Note: Even if this is check box is not selected, when enrolling clients into a Foster Care program, the family will still be available. This check box is used for reporting purposes only. There may be emergency situations where you are aware a family is not taking more children; however, they agree to take on a special case.
  • Type - Agency-defined table used to classify the type of home. This value can be used as a qualifier for scheduling events for the home.
  • Vendor - A Vendor, while not a required field, must be associated to a foster home to be able to make payments to the home via myEvolv. Vendors for a family can be entered by selecting the Select in the Vendor for Payments field, which launches a search screen. 
  • Office Responsible - Agency site that manages the home.

Status History

  • Status History - For reporting purposes and for triggering workflows, enter a status of the foster home. Although required, entries here will not prevent you from placing clients into the home. Click Add new record to add status history.
  • Current Address - This information is auto-populated from when the family was created and those details were entered.
  • Primary Contact Information - Telephone and email if available for the family.
  • Workers Assigned - Assigned workers to the family where you select Add new record, select the name and worker role, and date. You can add multiple workers for a family case.
  • Rooms / Capacity - Document the foster and applicant rooms: the number of males, females, total number of beds required, and a description, as well as age ranges of the family members.

Inquiries

  • Inquiries - Enter Profile Applicant inquiry history, including a date and time and any remarks about the inquiry. 

​Programs Operated

  • Programs Operated - Required entry used to associate the Foster Home to the appropriate Foster Case program(s). For example, the opened foster home may be a home that provides both Regular Foster Care and Treatment Foster Care. If your agency recognizes these as separate programs in myEvolv, both would be entered in this sub form. This also is true for foster homes that are also Respite Foster Homes because Respite is typically a separate program.

Preferences

In all of the following areas, you add a new record to enter information. Each area is optional and is used for reporting purposes.

  • General Preferences
  • Practiced Religion
  • Languages Spoken
  • Ethnicity
  • Race

Photos

  • Foster Family Photo - if available
  • Foster Home Photo - if available

Additional Information

  • Record additional information about the family.