Yesterday afternoon, we (tried) to hold our local event commemorating National Foster Care Month. We were combining an event with one of our quarterly information sessions for the community to learn about foster parenting and adoption. Carna had met with a couple in the morning, but by just before 2 pm, when our event was to start, we had a "gully washer" rain that kept all but the heartiest away. A few pictures were taken to show the conditions we faced!!!
We feel connected to events going on around the state, including a statewide walk next Saturday in Charleston - "Walk Me Home." Visit various websites to find out about National Foster Care Month. Locally, we are proud of the foster care development we have done over the last 2 years. We have a dedicated group of foster parents, who are daily doing great work with the kids in our care. Carna Metheney-White has provided incredible leadership in all areas of foster care development for our site- recruitment, information sharing, screening, training, home studying, support of foster parents, referral and admission of children in care, support and linkage work while children are in our care, record keeping and documentation, record reviews and quality assurance. WOW (that's exhausting!)
We take the agency's mission and strategic vision seriously at the site, especially as regards our values of seeking permanency for children, and lifetime families and life long commitments. Foster care is a challenging service to delivery, taking commitments of all kinds from many dedicated people. We are always, on the one hand, appreciative of the people involved in our foster care program, but always seeking additional people to be involved. This National Foster Care month provides a focused opportunity to bring public awareness to the forefront.
Despite the downpour Saturday afternoon, we re-kindled a small group of our foster care "team's" commitment to the kids and the program.
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