Phone: 855-627-3271 | Email: info@mareas.ca

Foster Care Services

Therapeutic Foster Care Program

In 2015, after decades of working with children in care and youth at risk, the management team at Mareas decided to expand services to include Therapeutic Foster Care.

After extensive planning and development, the program was created with an emphasis on FAMILY and SUPPORT by wrapping all services and the support of our clinical team around every child or youth who comes into Mareas’ care.

Mareas Happy Family

In 2016, Mareas obtained our foster care license through the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services, to operate a private Outside Paid Resource (OPR) foster care program for children and youth between the ages of 0-18 years.

For more information on how you can become a part of the Mareas team as a Full or Part-time foster parent email info@mareas.ca

“Don’t let the FEAR of Loving a child who might leave deter you…
Let the Fear of a child not knowing love DRIVE you!”

Mareas Foster Family Services Same Sex Parents
Mareas Foster Care Services Parents
Mareas Foster Care Services Family

Mareas therapeutic foster care program and team recognize and honour the importance of maintaining biological connections and identity as well as cultural and spiritual belonging.

While in Mareas’ care children & youth have opportunities to explore their identities, cultures and interests through funding for extracurricular activities and community groups. They have access to the best clinical team to support their mental well-being while in care.

Our program is designed to provide the highest quality of care and level of support to the children and youth we are honoured and privileged to care for.

Mareas Mother and Daughter
Foster Care Same Sex Parents
Foster Care Sister and Brother

Mareas Families

  • All foster families are required to complete an extensive SAFE Home Study.
  • Mareas searches for many types of families including conventional, LGBTQ+, single, multi-cultural and various religious denominations
  • Foster Families with Mareas are individually selected based on their experience, skills and abilities to support and respect Mareas core values.
  • All families will receive extensive and ongoing training from the clinical team and outsourced training partners as required
  • All families will have a dedicated case manager to support their family and a 24-hour emergency line to access their team.
  • Families are considered a part of the clinical team
  • Families are provided a generous honorarium to help with the care and support of every child in the home

Our Team Can Help

At Mareas, teamwork is at the pinnacle of our service and we carefully select our clinical team members.

Meet Our Team

What Our Foster Parents Are Saying

Mareas’ focus on the well-being of the children, along with their support for foster families, has made a huge difference in our fostering journey. We can’t recommend Mareas enough to anyone considering fostering – they have made this experience rewarding and fulfilling beyond what we could have imagined.

~ Andrew & Adene,
foster parents with Mareas
since 2023

We love being foster parents with Mareas! We were very nervous when we first started, but with the support from everyone on the Mareas team and the other foster families, we’ve learned so much. The training provided is fantastic. We love the camaraderie shared among the foster parents and how we all help each other out.

We have become like a big family. We’re so happy to be on our fostering journey with Mareas.

~ Patti & Darrell,
foster parents with Mareas
since 2019

My mom and dad are respite foster parents with Mareas and each time we foster me and my sister adore having someone else in the house to love and play with. When I was younger, I thought it would be hard to share my parents and I thought it would be hard because of the terrible things some of these kids have in their past. Little did I know, it is such a beautiful thing when you get to be a part of a child’s journey to finding their forever home. I am so grateful that my family decided to foster as I have met kids who I loved like a sibling and will never forget…..

~Saige (14), respite foster family
since 2018

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