Prior to filling out the Needs Form and before items can be provided, Foster Closet requires the following information:
Licensed Foster Families
- Placement must be in the home less than 3 months
- We help foster parents for the initial 3 months of each placement
- Driver’s license
- Red folder (with OUT of Home Placement orders) for each foster child
- Social worker’s entire information (Name, Phone, Email, Agency)
Relatives (level one, two or none)
- Placement must be in home for Relative less than 6 months
- We help for the first initial 6 months for relatives.*
- Red folder for each foster child with court order or Out of Home Placement Orders
- Driver’s license
- Social worker’s info
NONRelatives (level one, two or none)
- Placement must be in home for Relative less than 12 months
- We help for the first initial 12 months for nonrelatives.*
- Red folder for each foster child with court order or Out of Home Placement Orders
- Driver’s license
- Social worker’s info
FSC / DCF Workers with foster care agencies
- ID badge
- Entire contact information required on our Needs Form
- You must pick up the items for the child.
IL Young Adult (teen or young adult aging out)
- Must have never used us before (unless approved by Foster Closet administration.)
- Pathway Form must be submitted by the case manager
- Young adult must be present with IL Coordinator at the time of the appointment to choose their items.
- Duval County, FL
- Nassau County, FL
- Clay County, FL
- St. Johns County, FL
We wanted to remind you of a few things we offer at Foster Closet:
- We help with our free resource: (from the time the children entered you home).
- Foster Parents – the first 3 months
- Kinship- the first 6 months.
- Non-Relative – the first 12 months
*all due to the amount of stipend.
- BirthdayCakes: Fill out a Needs Form two weeks prior to the birthday and in the Additional Items on the Needs Form, put the date of the child/ children’s birthday. Doing this, will give us enough time to put you on the calendar to bring the child. If they are smaller, you may pick out the two presents for the child/children. If your child is need of a Birthday Cake – We ask that you email info@fostercloset.org , at least two weeks prior to the child’s birthday. We will then, send you a form to fill out and email back. We will have a donor order and pay for the cake to be picked up on the date you ask.
- Flip from Winter to Spring – We flip from Winter to Spring at the end of Please make sure that you fill out a form prior to that time and in the additional items on the Needs Form put Spring/Summer clothing.
- Flip from Summer to Winter – We flip from spring to winter at the end of October. Please make sure that you fill out a form prior to that time and in the additional items on the Needs Form put Fall/Winter
- Halloween Giveaway- We have our OPEN HOUSE/HALLOWEEN GIVEAWAY in October, prior to Halloween. If you have had a child enter your home from June-October and would like to have every children in your home participate, fill out a Needs Form at the end of September, with 2 costumes per child in each Additional Items, we will do our very best to get one of the two requested. We will then email you back the date and a 15 min. timeslot, to select for that day.
- Christmas Wishes- At our Halloween Giveaway, we will be signing families up for the Christmas Wishes. The children must be in their home from MAY 2025 to December 2025. We will be emailing you back confirmation to the form, which will have further instructions. Once verified, we then send an EVITE to you about the private party. Only the family members living in your home may attend. No bio parents of the children (unless approved by FSC worker from the child’s agency, are only allowed to attend. We will have professional pictures with Santa that we will send the link after the event. The children must stay for the entire event.
*REMEMBER = Every Time you come to Foster Closet or a FC Event (except for tutoring) please bring the red folders and your photo ID that matches your name in or on the Court Orders or Out of Home Placement Orders for each child
