Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami has a unique foster care program where we worked with displaced refugee children and adolescents from around the world and place them in safe loving homes within our South Florida community.

Our Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program (URMP) is always looking for families and individuals who are stable and willing to go through our screening & preparation process in order to become foster parents. Our children and teens are ethnically diverse and as such we are recruiting for families /individuals who are cultural sensitive and willing to make a difference in the lives of our children.

The ideal foster parent candidate has:

• A good heart

• A loving and safe home

• A bed and place for child/teen to store personal belongings   

• A Miami-Dade address

• A financial stable situation (sufficient income to pay your own bills)

• A clean criminal and civil background

• Time and an open mind to participate in our free Model Approach to Partnership in Parenting (MAPP) workshops to prepare you as a foster parent

If this is you or someone you know, please contact us, so we can provide you more information and the dates of our next orientation and/or free workshops.

In order to be considered you do not have to be Catholic, married, or have children. 

We work together as partners to ensure the child’s needs are addressed, such as clothing, school, medical, and other support services. These are provided as part of our program at no cost to the foster parent. Additionally, you also will receive a monthly stipend to assist you with caring for the child.

The goal is to ensure that our children and teens are in safe and loving homes as they begin a new life in this country. 

FRIENDS of URMP-we are also looking for volunteers and mentors for our teens, contact us to find out how your gifts and talents can be shared and matched to one of our kids. As part of our FRIENDS circle you can choose to donate your time, resources, talents, materials, and/or something unique only you can provide!!!

Contact us today:
Phone: 305 883-3383 Office

Janette Mendoza:
Phone: 786 271-6970
Email: jmendoza@ccadm.org

Ekaterina Artuz:
Phone: 786 2802491
Email: eartuz@ccadm.org