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Region 4, Tyler and surrounding area
Foster Care and Adoption Information Meetings
* If accommodations such as a sign language interpreter are needed in order to attend an information meeting, please call the Recruitment Staff listed below 3 days prior to the meeting, if possible. *
These information meetings are open to all the Region 4’s counties of Anderson, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Delta, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Rains, Red River, Rusk, Smith, Titus, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood. If you live outside this area, please select your region using the map below.
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Recruitment Events and Foster/Adopt Information Meetings: |
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is looking for caring foster and adoptive families in your area. To learn more about becoming a foster or adoptive parent through our agency, we will be having the following information meetings in your area.
June 2022
Location | Foster/Adopt Information Meetings |
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Virtual Bowie and Surrounding Region 4 Counties |
RSVP to Andrea Smith at (903) 559-4988 |
Athens Henderson and Surrounding Region 4 Counties |
Wednesday, June 1st, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Athens CPS Office |
Virtual Region 4 Counties |
Thursday, June 2nd, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm This information meeting will be held online through Microsoft Teams. |
Mount Vernon Franklin, Wood, Hopkins, Rains, and Surrounding Counties |
Monday, June 20th, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm |
Virtual Region 4 Counties |
Thursday, June 23rd, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm |
July 2022
Location | Foster/Adopt Information Meetings |
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Virtual Bowie and Surrounding Region 4 Counties |
RSVP to Andrea Smith at (903) 559-4988 |
Virtual Cass and Surrounding Region 4 Counties |
Wednesday, July 7th, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Contact: Miesha Nelson at (903) 490-9641 for questions. |
August 2022
Location | Foster/Adopt Information Meetings |
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Virtual Bowie and Surrounding Region 4 Counties |
Wednesday, August 3rd, 12:00 pm
RSVP to Andrea Smith at (903) 559-4988 |
Virtual Region 4 Counties |
Monday, August 22nd, 1:00 pm |
Recruitment Staff
Answers questions for the community on how to become foster and adoptive families.
Candice Howard, (903) 927-0311