Family foster care for children and young people is a social response provided by AIPAR - Associação de Proteção à Rapariga e à Família, with a cooperation agreement signed on 4 November 2022 with the Social Security Institute, I.P.

Family foster care is of the utmost importance, as it offers children and young people the opportunity to establish a secure attachment and enjoy affection, attention and care that is suited to their specific needs, to promote the positive development of their self-image and interpersonal relationships.

This is a temporary promotion and protection measure that has been prioritised as an alternative to residential care.

→ Children or young people between the ages of 0 and 18 (priority to children up to the age of 6);

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→ With a Family Fostering measure applied by the CPCJ or the court;

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→ Possibility of fostering siblings.

Family Foster Care consists of integrating a child or young person in a situation of danger into a stable family environment whenever it is decided to separate them from their family of origin.

→ Individuals or two people who have been married or cohabiting for more than 2 years;

→ Two or more persons related by kinship and living in communion of table and household;

→ Persons who are not candidates for adoption and who are not related to the child or young person;

→ People over the age of 25 (in the case of a couple, only one of the members applies).