Sakeenah Foster Care
For the past 2.5 years, we have been working on our foster care program with the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services, and we are the first licensed Muslim foster care agency in North America. Our goal is to provide Muslim children in the foster care system culturally and religiously sensitive care in a safe and loving environment. We help to connect children in foster care with culturally and religiously sensitive foster families. We also train foster care parents on providing culturally and religiously sensitive care.
It is estimated that hundreds of Muslim children are in foster care across Canada.
The First Muslim Foster Care Agency in North America
Muslim children are taken away from their parents by CAS due to many different reasons such as abuse, neglect, immigration issues, court orders, or trauma. Sakeenah Foster Care is a program that will help recruit and train Muslim foster families, and then connect Muslim foster children to these families. Our wraparound services means that we will continue to provide essential supports such as therapy and training to these children and the foster families throughout their time together. We also seek to educate our community on foster care and healthy inter-family interactions.
What We Do
Training of Muslim Foster Families
Receiving Referrals from CAS
Placement of Muslim foster children in Muslim homes
Wraparound Care Provided To Both Foster Children and Foster Families
Community Education, Recruitment and Training
Why We Need Your Support
Although we do receive some core funding from the Ministry for each child placed in our care, most of these funds go directly to the foster care families who are directly involved in the care of foster children. In addition to the services mentioned above, Sakeenah Foster Care provides extra therapy and counselling services to the children in care, as well as family reunification support and community education and training. All these extra services cost us as an organization both time and money.
Please donate generously and help us reach our goal!
FAQs
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Sakeenah is licensed in Ontario, so we’re currently only looking for families within the province.
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The current need that we have seen is for Muslim children in the system; however, because we match our foster children with appropriate families, we do not strictly provide services to Muslim families and children. Sakeenah also provides religious and cultural sensitivity training to the families in our program.
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Sakeenah receives referrals from Children Aids Society and we place those children accordingly.
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Sakeenah follows the requirements laid out by the Ministry of Children. This includes a home study process with interviews, police checks and a home requirement.
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We are approved for 7 families for the first year of our Foster Care Program. This is normal practice to ensure that new agencies are not overwhelmed when they start off.
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The time between when you register to become a foster parent and when the first child is placed in your home can take anywhere from 4 months to a year.
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Please email us at fostercare@sakeenahcanada.com to sign up for our foster care program, or fill out the response form below and we will be in touch.
Become a Foster Parent
Do you want to become a foster parent? Do you want to learn what it’s all about? Connect with us using this form so that we can help you learn about the rewards of being a foster parent!
