Our Services
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Item Request
The foster closet is a benefit for families to use when caring for a foster child. Multiple requests can be submitted during an active placement. The goal of the closet is to help support & fill the gaps when children need new sizes of clothing, seasonal or special occasion clothing, baby gear, diapers, personal hygiene items, shoes and more.
Completed forms come directly to the Foster Closet inbox.
If you are a licensed foster parent or social services appointed kinship provider, use the link below to quickly request items. If you know of a foster family in the area that could benefit from this resource please share this link with them.
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Activity Fee Reimbursement
The Black River Area Foster Closet is now offering financial assistance for children in foster or kinship care to participate in sporting and recreational activities!
Examples include: baseball, dance, swim lessons, ice skating, piano, taekwondo, golf lessons, flag football, cheer and athletic camps, community center classes and more.
If your child is interested in participating, we encourage you to apply! We would love to cover as many fees as possible! Limited funding available.
*Must provide a receipt/documentation of payment. Reimbursement up to $50/activity.
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Haircut Voucher
The Foster Closet is now offering FREE haircuts for foster children!
Black River Area Foster Closet has partnered with Studio 107 of Black River Falls to be a location accepting FREE haircut vouchers for children in foster care!
Haircuts are an added expense for families and sometimes a neglected need of the child. The foster closet wants to help support all children to have the opportunity to receive a fresh haircut.
Families are offered up to 2 haircuts per foster child per year.
Foster parents will need to submit a request form online to receive a haircut voucher via mail or email. Voucher must be presented at checkout and is valued at a basic hair cut towards payment. No cash change will be given. Vouchers are not to be copied or reused.
Additional Local Resources
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If you are in need of a twin or twin bunkbed for your child(ren), Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP) is a national program with local chapters that provide a FREE twin bed to those in need. Simply visit the SHP website and fill out an application. This is a public program and available to all families including foster families.
Link to request a bed: Click here for Sleep in Heavenly Peace bed request
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Take a night off from cooking dinner and let the Mighty Table prepare and deliver a nutritious complete meal for your entire household.
Meals are offered to active licensed foster/kinship families with current child placements that have been arranged through local county social services and child welfare agencies.
Local volunteers prepare and deliver meals to families once a week in the afternoon. The Black River Area Foster Closet works with the Mighty Table to any requested items from the closet with meal deliveries to make receiving items more convenient.
To learn more about this free program and if your family is within the delivery area please contact The Mighty Table program coordinator through email by clicking the link below.
Click here to request more information about receiving a weekly meal
*Include your name, case/social worker you are working with, meal delivery address (only used for delivery of meal), contact phone number and number of people in your household.
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The Mighty Table
Take a night off from cooking dinner and let the Mighty Table prepare and deliver a nutritious complete meal for your entire household.
Meals are offered to active licensed foster/kinship families with current child placements that have been arranged through local county social services and child welfare agencies.
Local volunteers prepare and deliver meals to families once a week in the afternoon. The Black River Area Foster Closet works with the Mighty Table to any requested items from the closet with meal deliveries to make receiving items more convenient.
To learn more about this free program and if your family is within the delivery area please contact The Mighty Table program coordinator through email by clicking the link below.
*Include your name, case/social worker you are working with, meal delivery address (only used for delivery of meal), contact phone number and number of people in your household.
Get Involved
Contact Us for ways you or an organization can get involved supporting the foster closet.