Demystifying Foster Care,

Demystifying Foster Care

There are more children in the Larimer and Weld county foster care programs than there are families to care for them. As a result, many of these children have to go to group homes or stay in other parts of Colorado.?Foster parenting, is?not?a lifetime commitment to a child, but a commitment to be meaningful to a child?s life when they need it most.

The Larimer and Weld county foster care programs provide training, certification, and help for family foster care providers. Foster home families provide temporary substitute care for children, ages 0 through 18, who have been removed from their families due to physical, sexual or emotional abuse, neglect, or if the parent is otherwise unavailable. Foster parents offer day-to-day care and guidance until the child can be reunited with his or her birth family, move to a kinship family or permanent adoptive home, or emancipate. Caseworkers work closely with foster parents to identify and meet the special needs of the child(ren). The children are covered by Medicaid insurance and the foster parents are given a monthly stipend to help reimburse the cost of their care.

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Baby Karyn and the Martineau Family

James and Sheri have been married for 19 years. ?Their story started in college where they met and fell in love. ?They married after graduation and started a family which has grown to 8 children, ages 1 to 16. ?Before becoming a homeschool mom, Sheri was a Speech-Language Pathologist and a Special Education teacher. ?James supports his family by working hard at a local clinic as a Nurse Practitioner. ?As a little girl, Sheri had dreams about adopting children with special needs. ?These dreams have stayed in her heart until now. ?They have decided to obey James 1:27 by welcoming a child with Down syndrome into their family. ? They have been earnestly seeking the Lord about when to adopt, and this little girl is the one their family has been waiting for. ?They are calling prayer warriors to pray for the adoption process, the funds to pay for everything, and most importantly for their little girl.

The Martineau?s travel to Karyn?s country on November 7, but have only $420 donated toward the cost of their adoption. Let?s bless this family and this beautiful little girl. You can give any amount to their adoption fund on Reece?s Rainbow, an international Down Syndrome adoption ministry. All donations are tax deductible.

Click here to help bring Karyn home!

Focus on the Family Adoption and Orphan Care Initiative

Most people simply do not realize America has orphans because we do not have orphanages. But did you know that there are approximately?104,000 legal orphans waiting in foster care for adoptive families to call their own??Given the number of churches throughout the U.S., every waiting child could have a family if less than one family per church opened their home and hearts.

Focus on the Family works collaboratively with state, county, church, and adoption agency leaders to help find families for waiting children and youth in foster care. ?In addition to recruiting families, we are also committed to providing best-in-class resources for foster and adoptive families.

Learn how you can make a difference

We Want To Hear From You!

Do you have a story to share about adoption, infertility, foster care or orphan care? Are you adopting or know someone who is? Do you know of a ministry or orphan-related event that we should connect with or feature? We want to hear from you! Please contact us at?rezorphan@gmail.com?and let us know.

And as always, please help get the word out about the Rez Orphan Care Ministry!

Source: http://www.rez.org/2012/10/demystifying-foster-care/

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