"I praise all of our resource parents. but exceptionally more this year because of COVID, it really added another whole layer of that parenting component."
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May is National Foster Care Month, and a big concept for anyone who knows anything about foster care is reunification. Reuniting a child with their birth parents or parent is a beautiful thought and a positive goal, when it s possible.
The organization Safe Families is all about people (of faith, typically) stepping in and helping a family out for a short term. This is a relationship that is not adoption-minded, but simply about keeping a family together.
The foster care system is another story. Here, reunification reigns, to a fault. I held in my arms recently a baby who was taken in and loved by a temporary foster family. But the fate of this boy who needs a forever family is going to be unclear for a long time. While it is, of course, often preferable for a child to be raised by their birthparents, sometimes that isn t possible. Drug abuse wrecks lives, people are imperfect and staying together is hard, especially in a world that seems to offer so little support.
Heart of Stark: Honoring Pathway Caring for Children
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In partnership with The Repository, every Monday, Stark Community Foundation highlights positive happenings in our community. Here’s to Good News Mondays!
During National Foster Care Month, our community recognizes and appreciates Pathway Caring for Children and its mission to help children and families across Northeast Ohio realize the possibilities of their lives through foster care, adoption and counseling.
With the guidance of Pathway’s programming, 143 foster children have slept soundly in a new foster home, 13 children have found their forever home through adoption and 22 additional children are in the process of being adopted. Over 1,000 other children and families are also supported by its counseling and mental health services.