The Center for Family Placement and Adoption in Novi Sad started during October with a program of preparation and training of candidates for foster care. The preparation and training program "A safe step to foster care", which consists of eleven thematic units, is implemented in parallel for four groups of candidates.
The training for the first group of potential foster carers took place in Šid and includes 18 candidates from this territory of the municipality. The training held in Žitište includes 17 candidates for foster care from Žitište, Zrenjanin and Nova Crnja. The third group of potential foster carers consists of 28 candidates from Novi Sad, Beocin, Bačka Palanka, Bačko Petrovac, Srbobran, Vrbas and Temerin, the training takes place in Novi Sad. The training for the fourth group of potential foster parents takes place in Sremska Mitrovica and includes 17 candidates from Stara Pazova, Sremska Mitrovica, Inđija, Ruma and Pećinac.
This is a regular regional activity of the Center for Family Care and Adoption in Novi Sad since it started working directly with beneficiaries in September 2015. In this way, the Center for Family Care and Adoption Novi Sad encourages the development of a network of foster families on the territory of Južnobački, Sremski and Srednjobanatski administrative districts.