MASSENA -- Fostering Futures of St. Lawrence County will host a foster parenting informational session Wednesday, March 25, at the New Testament Church, 265 Andrews St.

The session will begin at 6 p.m. Anyone interested in learning more about foster parenting, adoption, respite services and the Fostering Futures Program is welcome to attend.

This event will help people interested in becoming a foster parent learn about Fostering Futures, an affiliate program of CHJC (Children’s Home of Jefferson County). In an informal, casual setting, the session will also offer opportunities to ask questions and speak with program staff.

Light refreshments will be served.

Foster parenting training classes will begin in Massena at the New Testament Church Wednesday, April 1, and continue for ten weeks.

The Fostering Futures of St. Lawrence County Program provides temporary care for children unable to live with their birth families or guardians.

To provide support for the needs of the entire family, in addition to 24-hour on-call services and crisis response, extensive training is offered to all Foster Parents. They will work as a member of a team of families, social workers, and other professionals to help prepare a child to return to his/her birth family, or to be adopted.

For more information, contact Malissa Hale at 315-229-3503 or mhale@chjc.org.