HICKORY — United Way agency Exodus Homes and Exodus Missionary Outreach United Church of Christ will host an Everything Free Community Outreach from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on July
Carolina Therapeutic Services is raising the alarm on what the organization is calling a desperate need for foster parents as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on.
Carolina Therapeutic Services provides a host of services across the region, including in Gaston and Cleveland counties, that includes the training of potential foster parents and linking kids in need with stable homes.
Julie Hill, a licensing supervisor in the company s Gastonia office, said weekly child referrals to the agency have more than doubled from pre-pandemic levels. At the start of 2020, the company was receiving 10 to 15 child referrals each week. That number now falls between 25 and 45 referrals weekly.