The Goddard Center has been working with the Oklahoma Foster Parent Exclusive Benefit Program for almost two years and offers free art classes, workshops and camps to foster children.
By David Savino
May 11, 2021
May is National Foster Care Awareness Month! It s a great time to shed a little light and pour a lot of love onto kids in foster care, and the amazing people who support them, like foster parents, advocates, mentors and volunteers. Jennifer Perry of Children s Action Network and FosterMore joins me today to talk about the work her organizations do, and we also talk about what YOU and I can do to make these children s lives and futures a little brighter. So glad you ll be joining us!
May is foster care awareness month, a special time to recognize the value of foster care and highlight the importance of foster parents, and the care and p
Local organizations light up blue to support foster care awareness month
Some organizations, like the Alexandria Police Department, have been lighting up their offices blue this month to support National Foster Care Awareness Month across the Tri-State.
and last updated 2021-05-25 07:29:17-04
ALEXANDRIA, Ky. â Some organizations, like the Alexandria Police Department, have been lighting up their offices blue this month to support National Foster Care Awareness Month across the Tri-State.
Lisa Daniel, a SAFY foster care recruiter, said the goal of National Foster Care Awareness Month is to educate the community on the backgrounds of kids in foster care. In Kentucky, about 48% of kids in foster care are older than 11 years old and close to 70% of kids have at least one sibling in foster care as well.