Licensed Ohio foster agency

Foster a child.
Foster a future.
Foster with us.

Putting families with wants and kids with needs together, across Columbus, Circleville and every community in between.

Start your application See how fostering works

740-420-0700

Talk to a real person, Monday–Friday, 8:30–4:30.

Every child deserves caregivers who listen. Every caregiver deserves an agency that listens back.

Three ways in

Wherever you are, there's a place to begin.

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Foster a Child

How can you help? Join our team and help us make a difference in a child's life.

How to help →
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Foster a Future

We need your support. Opening your heart to a foster child can be an amazingly rewarding experience.

Why it matters →
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Foster With Us

Support every step of the way. A New Leaf understands that the commitment to fostering a child comes with great rewards and great challenges.

Our support →

Our mission

A New Leaf, Inc., foster services are built on solid relations with families, peers, schools, and communities.

To be effective and individualized; to be mobile so we can reach the larger communities (Columbus, Ohio) as well as the smaller communities (Circleville, Ohio); and to be creative to meet today's challenges.

We understand that children have a voice and need caregivers that listen, just as caregivers have a voice and need an agency that listens. That is our commitment.

More about A New Leaf →

24/7

On-call services for emergencies

Central & Southern Ohio

Served from our Circleville office

501(c)(3)

Non-profit — your donations are tax deductible

Getting licensed

Four steps, and we're beside you for all of them.

  1. STEP 01

    Reach out

    One call or form. No commitment, just questions answered.

  2. STEP 02

    Checklist

    Paperwork, background checks and home safety — laid out plainly.

  3. STEP 03

    Training

    Pre-service hours scheduled around your work and family.

  4. STEP 04

    Placement

    A match made with care, and a caseworker who stays reachable.

Testimonials

In their words.

"They made me the woman I am today and I am so grateful to say they showed and proved the definition of a team."
Ariel — Former Foster Youth
"I am glad that I became a foster parent. It is not an easy job, but it is a rewarding job with many blessings!"
Margaret T. — Foster Parent
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Join us and celebrate "putting families with wants and kids with needs together."

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