Weekend Miracles® Hosting
To become a Weekend Miracles host parent, you must live in the Washington, DC or Los Angeles metropolitan areas. All host parents are required to complete a host inquiry form, attend a Weekend Miracles orientation and training program and satisfy the requirements of local Child and Family Services departments, which includes background clearances and a home study. For more information on Weekend Hosting, please refer to our Weekend Miracles FAQs.
Summer Miracles® Hosting
To become a Summer Miracles host, you must live in or near one of our Summer Miracles communities: Southern CA; Northern California; Metro Washington DC (including Northern VA and MD); Atlanta, GA; Des Moines, Iowa; Metropolitan NY (including NJ, NY and CT); and Austin, TX. Hosts in each communities advocate together, and attend Advocacy events each weekend. In addition, host parents must fulfill all program requirements and are required to complete a host application. For more information on the program, please refer to the Summer Miracles FAQ (PDF) or contact Nicole@kidsave.org.
Fees: Summer Hosts are required to complete a host application and pay a $275 application payment. Upon satisfactory completion of program requirements, hosts pay an $1250 hosting payment and are matched with a participating child. Hosting payments are applied to the cost of a child’s participation in the program. Payments are charged once per family, regardless of the number of children that are hosted. Payments are non-refundable.
Winter Miracles Hosting
Families who are hosting to adopt, can host in a shorter program over the winter holidays. Hosts can live in cities outside of Kidsave communities, if they have a designated local Social Work Agency who works with Kidsave to ensure the family has the proper support during the hosting process and all requirements are met. For more information on the program, please refer to the Winter Hosting FAQ. (coming soon)
Payments to Kidsave are $2,500 hosting fee with additional fees to placement agencies providing oversight and support ranging from $1,000 to $2,500. Hosts are required to fill out an application and finish additional program requirements to be matched with a participating child. Hosting payments are applied to the cost of a child’s participation in the program. Payments are charged once per family, regardless of the number of children that are hosted. Payments to Kidsave are non-refundable. For more information, please contact Nicole@kidsave.org.
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