Information about the rights and the service. Assessment of the needs of the child and the family. Negotiation of a plan for support that could include: 

• Specialized training of candidate foster parents and continuing training for established foster families;
• Specialized assessment of the candidates, of their opportunities and capacity to take care of the hosted child; 
• Support in the care for the children placed in foster families; 
• Individual work with the child;
• Supervision; 
• Self-help group.