Florida Department of Health, Division of Children’s Medical Services
Medical Foster Care · About this organization
What you get
Medical foster care with nursing, therapy, equipment, school help, and round-the-clock medical advice.
How to start
Your medical care team and foster-care team arrange the assessment and placement. Discuss your child’s care needs with them.
The details, as published
Medical Foster Care supports foster children from birth through age 21 with medically complex needs in a family setting through coordinated pediatric, nursing, social-work, hospital, therapy, equipment, school, foster-care, and family support plus 24-hour on-call medical help. Child access depends on foster placement and CMAT or Medicaid long-term-care determination; the public form recruits prospective foster parents and is not a biological-family enrollment form.
What help you may get
Medical And Insurance Costs
Medical Foster Care — medical and insurance costs
Medical Foster Care supports foster children from birth through age 21 with medically complex needs in a family setting through coordinated pediatric, nursing, social-work, hospital, therapy, equipment, school, foster-care, and family support plus 24-hour on-call medical help. Child access depends on foster placement and CMAT or Medicaid long-term-care determination; the public form recruits prospective foster parents and is not a biological-family enrollment form.
Amount not published
Navigation Guides And Advocacy
Medical Foster Care — navigation guides and advocacy
Medical Foster Care supports foster children from birth through age 21 with medically complex needs in a family setting through coordinated pediatric, nursing, social-work, hospital, therapy, equipment, school, foster-care, and family support plus 24-hour on-call medical help. Child access depends on foster placement and CMAT or Medicaid long-term-care determination; the public form recruits prospective foster parents and is not a biological-family enrollment form.
Amount not published
Peer And Emotional Support
Medical Foster Care — peer and emotional support
Medical Foster Care supports foster children from birth through age 21 with medically complex needs in a family setting through coordinated pediatric, nursing, social-work, hospital, therapy, equipment, school, foster-care, and family support plus 24-hour on-call medical help. Child access depends on foster placement and CMAT or Medicaid long-term-care determination; the public form recruits prospective foster parents and is not a biological-family enrollment form.
Amount not published
Why this may help
Medical And Insurance Costs: Nursing, therapy, and medical equipment are part of the foster-care service.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The official program scope includes U.S. children with cancer, which includes pediatric B-ALL when the stated eligibility rules are met.
Age
Age 0 to age 21, measured at application.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: FL.
Where your child is treated
No treatment-location restriction is published.
How to get started
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? Yes. Ask your child’s social worker or care team to begin the request.
- Work through the foster-care, Medicaid, and CMAT placement pathway; the foster-parent recruitment form is not a child self-referral.
Ways to apply or ask
- Hospital Workflow
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Not Published |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
Limitations and things to confirm
No additional limitations are published.
- What child referral and placement steps apply apart from foster-parent recruitment?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Medical Foster Care · checked Aug 24, 2026