Found Kittens and Willing to Foster Them?
The Community Foster Program supports community members who can keep found kittens safely indoors and care for them until they are ready for adoption.
Who This Program Is For
This program is for people who have found kittens and are willing to do the daily work of fostering, but need help with approved routine veterinary care and eventual adoption placement. It is different from fostering a rescue-owned cat — here, the kittens stay in your home.
Eligibility Requirements
Kittens must meet all three requirements:
- 6–10 weeks old at intake
- Healthy, with no signs of illness
- Social, friendly, and comfortable being handled
Please apply only if the kittens meet these requirements and you can commit to caring for them until adoption. Older, deeply unsocialized kittens may be better candidates for Trap-Neuter-Return rather than indoor adoption.
You Keep Caring for the Kittens
This is not a drop-off program. If accepted, you continue housing and caring for the kittens in your home until they have completed all program requirements and SCCCP authorizes their transfer in writing. Adoption timing cannot be guaranteed. Animals may not be dropped off without written authorization and a confirmed appointment.
- This is not a drop-off program.
- Acceptance depends on available resources.
- Applying does not guarantee enrollment.
- Adoption timing cannot be guaranteed.
- Veterinary care and additional services require SCCCP approval.
What You Provide
- Keep kittens safely indoors and provide food, litter, and daily care
- Socialization and health monitoring
- Transport kittens to all required medical and adoption appointments
- Submit weekly weights, current photos, and health updates
- Prompt and consistent communication
- Follow all rescue instructions, clinic rules, and medical schedules
- Continued care until adoption is finalized
- A plan to spay or TNR the mother cat when applicable
- Allow the rescue to handle adoption approvals, contracts, and payments — no private rehoming
- Any extra services requested without rescue approval are the foster’s financial responsibility
What SCCCP Coordinates
- FVRCP vaccinations
- Routine deworming
- Age- and weight-appropriate flea prevention
- Microchipping and registration
- Spay or neuter surgery through a designated partner clinic
- Veterinary-record tracking and coordination
- Adoption application screening and coordination
- Placement in a partner adoption condo after all requirements are completed and space becomes available
Veterinary Care & Financial Responsibility
Please read carefully before applying.
SCCCP is not a veterinary provider. All veterinary services are performed by licensed professionals or approved partner clinics and must be authorized by SCCCP before they are scheduled.
Emergency care, hospitalization, outside veterinary visits, specialty care, diagnostics, and unauthorized treatment are not covered. SCCCP does not reimburse veterinary expenses unless the care was specifically authorized in writing before treatment.
Caregivers must immediately notify SCCCP about illness, injury, medication concerns, or significant changes in a kitten’s condition. If a kitten is experiencing a life-threatening emergency, the caregiver must seek immediate veterinary attention. SCCCP cannot guarantee payment for emergency care involving animals that have not been formally accepted into the rescue.
Service Area
Spartanburg, Greenville, Cherokee, and Pickens counties. Applicants outside these counties may not be eligible because participants must transport kittens to SCCCP’s designated intake and veterinary locations.
Enrollment Steps
- 1
Submit an Application
Provide complete information and clear, current photographs of every kitten.
- 2
Application Review
SCCCP evaluates the kittens’ age, health, temperament, location, and the program’s available funding and veterinary capacity.
- 3
Intake and Agreements
If approved, an intake appointment is scheduled. Ownership transfers to SCCCP only after the required intake and Community Foster agreements are completed and signed.
- 4
Foster and Complete Required Care
You continue providing daily care while SCCCP coordinates approved vaccinations, parasite treatment, microchipping, and spay or neuter surgery.
- 5
Partner-Condo Placement
After the kittens complete all required care and are medically and behaviorally ready, SCCCP coordinates placement in a partner adoption condo as space becomes available. You must continue caring for the kittens until an authorized transfer appointment is confirmed. A specific transfer date is not guaranteed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ready to Apply?
If you are caring for friendly kittens within our service area and can commit to fostering them through completion, submit a Community Foster Program application.