Foster parents needed in Washington
May is National Foster Care Awareness Month, and right now there is a call for more people to become foster parents. The need comes as public places start to reopen and there’s a return to in-person learning.
“Every child deserves a family, that every child no matter their age, how they identify themselves, their journey into the child welfare system, that every child deserves the security and safety of a family,” said Rita Soronen, CEO and President of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.
Rita Soronen is the CEO and President of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, a nonprofit dedicated to finding permanent homes for children in foster care. Soronen is concerned there will be more children entering the foster care system as places impacted by the pandemic start to reopen.
“We know reporting of children of cases of abuse has gone down, because those systems that typically identify abuse school systems, doctor’s offices, dental offices have been closed down or people are not engaging in those,” said Soronen.
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