The responsibility of foster home licensing includes general recruitment of foster and adoptive parents, training, licensing, and ongoing monitoring of the foster parents in Mecklenburg County.  Applications are provided at the Monthly Orientation Meetings.  The applications are screened based on agency need.  Individuals will be invited to attend the foster parent training or provided information regarding why they are being screened out.

Prominent real estate developer Charles Ervin housed his namesake firm, once a leading U.S. home builder, in this first skyscraper east of downtown Charlotte. 

The home of Charlotte businessman John Price Carr is likely First Ward’s most significant Victorian structure. 

Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) Facilitator Training

Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) is a simple and powerful process for creating the life and wellness you want. 

With WRAP, you can:

To learn more about the key concepts of WRAP and the six components of its wellness toolbox, visit: What Is WRAP? - Wellness Recovery Action Plan.

ReCAST II aims to expand access to WRAP trainings throughout Mecklenburg County. We are therefore seeking dedicated facilitators who are committed to serving the community and would like to offer WRAP trainings.

The steps to become a WRAP Facilitator are as follows:

STEP 1: Register for WRAP Seminar I training. Learn more and register.

STEP 2: Attend a WRAP Seminar I training. Trainings will be from 9:00am – 5:00pm each day. You must attend BOTH days of training in full.

STEP 3: Complete WRAP Seminar II (facilitator) training on April 13-15. More information about the WRAP Seminar II training will be shared after completing WRAP Seminar I.

Questions? Please email [email protected] 

Date: April 13 - 15, 2026 Time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Each Day

In this last month of the application season, the County is offering in-person application help.

The highly regarded Charlotte architect once called this early Dutch Colonial Revival style structure home. 

The Scott-Hoke House was the longtime home of noted psychologist, professor, and Presbyterian minister Dr. Roy Hoke.

Designed by prominent Charlotte architect C. C. Hook, the McCoy House was the home of successful furniture vendor William T. McCoy. 

Prominent Charlotte architect William Peeps designed the home of Armature Winding Company partner George F. Stratton. 

For nearly 40 years, nationally renowned plantswoman and garden writer Elizabeth Lawrence lived and gardened at this unassuming cedar shingled home.