Parents should move as quickly as possible to make an appointment and complete any paperwork that needs to be completed. What qualifications is someone interested in you need to have to become a foster parent? The qualifications are to have a license required to become a foster parent in California. This would require a worker to visit the home and meet the people living in the home with the prospective adoptive parent. The visit is to see the minimum requirements that must be examined such as personal, safety and space requirements required by California law. The social worker and adoptive parents will work together to help determine what type of child would be best to have in their home. Such as their health, gender and age of the child. There is no charge for families who wish to adopt the child from a foster home. It all depends on the adoption agency whether the person will pay a fee and be reimbursed or pay no fee at all