CANTON -- The Children’s Home of Jefferson County’s (CHJC) will host a foster parenting informational session Thursday, Jan. 5 at 6 p.m. at the Human Services Center, 80 State Highway 310, second floor conference room,.

The session will help people interested in becoming foster parents learn about the CHJC Therapeutic Foster Care Program. Opportunities to ask questions and speak with staff will be offered. Light refreshments will be served.

The CHJC Therapeutic Foster Care Program provides temporary care for children unable to live with their birth families or guardians. It allows children who may have been abused, neglected and/or who have behavioral challenges and special needs, the opportunity to live in a family setting, attend public school, and be active members of the community. To enable them to provide effective support to the entire family unit and ensure they feel confident in their respective positions, extensive training, 24-hour on-call services, and crisis response are offered to all Foster Parents. To help prepare a child to reunify with his or her birth family, or to be adopted.

More info: Nicole Rood at 229-3344 or nrood@nnychildrenshome.com.