Required Steps and Training Directions to Become a Licensed Foster Parent

In preparation for the training, please review and complete the following items to receive your foster parent license:

  1. Make an Appointment to get fingerprinted - Foster parents and any other individuals residing in the home (18 or older) will need to get fingerprinted at the State Patrol Office located on 108th & I street.

  2. Complete a Health Form, click this link to print the form.

    • Then, schedule your health appointment with your physician.

    • Fill out and sign Part A of the form.

    • Ask your physician to complete section B.

    • Submit your form back to our team, licensing@apexfamily.org

  3. Complete the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) self-assessment: https://sa.ntdcportal.org/login/signup.php

  4. Complete the 7 self-led required training listed below.

Car Seat Training:

  1. Click this link to access the DHHS Car Seat training

  2. View the video

  3. Submit your completed certificate here: Training — Apex Family Care

Human Trafficking Training:

  1. Click this link to access the DHHS Human Trafficking training. View the video

  2. Complete the Foster Parent Post Test

  3. Select the Home Type, Agency Supported Home

  4. Next to Agency Name, enter Apex Family Care

  5. Enter your first and last name.

  6. Take a screenshot of the certificate

  7. Submit your screenshot of the certificate here: Training — Apex Family Care

Sexual Abuse Prevention:

  1. Click this link to access the DHHS Sexual Abuse Prevention training

  2. Click Register now near the upper right corner.

  3. Follow the steps to create an account

  4. Complete the listed demographic items

  5. Navigate to the Catalog: Sexual Abuse Prevention Training Courses

  6. Click Enroll

    • You must complete Course One before you can enroll in Course Two

  7. Complete the exam for each course

    • You must score 80% or higher to receive credit

  8. Download your certificates from My Learning tab

  9. Submit your completed certificate here: Training — Apex Family Care

Reasonable and Prudent Parenting

  1. Click this link to access Apex Family Care’s Reasonable and Prudent Parenting training. You may need to request access to the training. Please allow 1-2 business days to provide it.

  2. View the presentation

  3. Complete this quiz.

  4. Our administrative assistant will receive notification of the completed quiz. They will send the training certificate to our licensing team. No further action is required from you. You must get 80% or more to pass.

Suicide Prevention

  1. Click this link to access Apex Family Care’s Suicide Prevention training. You may need to request access to the training. Please allow 1-2 business days to provide it.

  1. View the presentation

  2. Complete this quiz.

  3. Our administrative assistant will receive notification of the completed quiz. They will send the training certificate to our licensing team. No further action is required from you. You must get 80% or more to pass.

Expanding Your Parenting Paradigm

  1. Click this link to access the Expanding Your Paradigm training. You may need to request access to the training. Please allow 1-2 business days to provide it.

  2. View the presentation

  3. Complete this quiz.

  4. Our administrative assistant will receive notification of the completed quiz. They will send the training certificate to our licensing team. No further action is required from you. You must get 80% or more to pass.

Overview of Child Welfare System

  1. Click this link to access the Expanding Your Paradigm training. You may need to request access to the training. Please allow 1-2 business days to provide it.

  2. View the presentation

  3. Complete this quiz.

  4. Our administrative assistant will receive notification of the completed quiz. They will send the training certificate to our licensing team. No further action is required from you. You must get 80% or more to pass.