# Homeward Circle

> Homeward Circle (iPhone/iPad app by Touchstone Outcomes.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/homeward-circle/id6807528385 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Touchstone Outcomes](https://appshunter.io/developer/6807528387)
- Category: Education
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 42 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-27
- Data updated: 2026-10-29

## What is Homeward Circle?

Homeward Circle is the companion app for foster and kinship parents and their placing agency, from your first application to your first placement and after.

Becoming a foster parent takes weeks of training and paperwork, and it's easy to lose momentum when the finish line feels far away. Homeward Circle lays out every step to your license. Once you're licensed, it stays with you: your circle, your coordinator and the steps your agency sets are all still there.

WHAT YOU CAN DO
• See every step from application to license, in order, so you always know what's next.
• Track background checks and other requirements as they are completed.
• After you're licensed, keep following the steps your agency sets.
• Contact your coordinator from the app.
• Talk with your agency and other families in your circle, before and after placement.
• Earn a badge for each milestone you finish.

INVITE ONLY
Homeward Circle is provided by your licensing agency, and you join by their invitation. There is no public sign-up, so if your agency doesn't use Homeward Circle yet, you can't create an account here.

YOUR INFORMATION
Your data is encrypted in transit, never sold, and never shared with advertisers. You can request deletion of your account at any time from within the app.

Questions? support@homewardcircle.com

## Is Homeward Circle safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Homeward Circle.

## Is Homeward Circle legit?

Homeward Circle has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Homeward Circle is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.6.0 — 2026-10-27

For agency staff:
• New agencies can sign up on the Free plan from the sign-in screen.
• The agency admin of a Free agency with no other staff and no families can delete the agency in Settings.
• Families now lists a Sample Family. Open it and tap Try the family app to use the app as a foster family sees it.
• Tap What the family sees beside verifying, posting or inviting to preview what the family receives.
• Agency admins can reset a coordinator's passkey, or cancel a pending email change, from the staff member's page.
• A parent's email on a family's page opens your mail app.
• Screens fit larger text sizes.

### 1.5.0 — 2026-10-14

For agency admins:
• Invite staff now asks for a Role: Coordinator or Agency admin.
• On a staff member's page in the Staff tab, tap Make agency admin or Make coordinator. The change takes effect within 15 minutes.
• Tap Revoke invitation on a pending invitation and the emailed link stops working.

### 1.4.0 — 2026-10-07

• Agency staff pick a date from the phone's calendar when they record an exit or a withdrawal, or edit a family.
• The Journey tab is now Roadmap.
• The Certified count now covers only families who are certified and still active. Certified families who have since exited are counted on their own line.
• Password managers offer to fill sign-in fields only.

### 1.3.1 — 2026-10-04

• Tap the button in an invitation email and the app opens to accept it.
• Agency staff can accept their invitation in the app and set up a passkey.
• Agency staff can record a family's exit type and the reasons the family stopped. Reports shows exit types and retention after certification.
• A help button on every tab opens Help and feedback.
• Three more name ideas when staff create a circle.

### 1.3.0 — 2026-10-02

• Agency staff can use the app: see families needing attention, invite and update families, moderate circles and review flags.
• Circle messages show a countdown near the length limit.
• When you accept an invitation, your name is already filled in.
• Sign out is now at the bottom of Settings.
• Tap the tab you're on again to jump back to the top.
• Easier to read: clearer labels and buttons, larger touch targets.

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