To be a Foster Parent involves a process, so I thought we'd leave this one to the guys at Oregon's Department of Human Services. Quite a bit of information is on their website. I like this quote from their page:
Foster parents are essential partners of the state's services to children. DHS depends on foster parents to do the day-to-day parenting for these children until they can either return safely to their own homes or until an alternate permanent plan is found.
Here is a link to their site:
http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/children/fosteradopt/index.shtml
Feel free to submit a question if you don't find what you're looking for in the link.
