Foster parents are given responsibility for the day to day care of a child who is in need because they have been victims of abuse, neglect, abandonment or have special needs which their parents are not currently able to meet. You become a part of the agency team helping the family. We depend on our foster parent to contribute to the planning for the child and family as well as the realization of this plan. Foster care is, and is not, like raising your own child. While you provide care to a child you also work closely as a team member with agency casework staff and other professionals involved to make the best plan for children and their parents.
Foster children come from all communities.
They are children who are neglected, abused, have been locked out of their homes or are dependent on the social services system to help them. We make every effort to place children within their own communities to reduce disruption and to encourage contact with their own family. Most Bio-parents truly care for their children, but due to stress, financial deprivation, lack of knowledge, substance abuse, unprepared teen parents, lack of parental education, etc. Children in need of foster care have been adversely affected in many ways - emotionally, developmentally, physically, educationally, and spiritually. They are further traumatized by separation from their parents and in some cases siblings.