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Valley couple fosters young siblings to keep family together
A Phoenix couple is opening their heart and home to foster children and ABC15 is highlighting their story as part of National Foster Care Month.
and last updated 2021-05-27 18:49:43-04
PHOENIX â May is National Foster Care Month and one Valley couple is opening their hearts and home to help keep a family together.
âWe have a sibling set, we have two brothers,â said Diana Parkinson.
For six months now, two boys ages 3 and 4 have been living with Diana Parkinson and her wife Charity Smith.
âI think I always knew I wanted to be a parent, I always knew I come from a huge family part of my day to dayâ said Parkinson.
Carers tell their stories as demand for extra foster homes grows
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Queensland badly needs more people to become foster carers, because additional children were forced into care during the COVID-19 pandemic, Queensland’s Minster for Children Leanne Linard told reporters on Saturday.
This is despite a 20 per increase – an additional 400 families families – stepping forward between June 2019 and June 2020 to volunteer as foster and kinship carers.
Foster carer Joy tells how she and her husband Anthony approached the decision to become foster parents.
“We have seen an increase, sadly, in children coming into the (child protection) system during COVID,” Ms Linard said.
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