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The Gingerbread House
Burke County Child
Advocact Certer Celebrates!
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Our Director Donates Kidney to Employee
Contact Chris and Lisa
wcjernigan@hci.net
lisawhite@hci.net
Why a Foster Community?
The
first “foster community” of its kind
The greatest benefit of
providing foster care in a community setting is the availability of support
for the foster families. Many of the children placed into foster care have a
myriad of problems brought about by physical and sexual abuse and neglect.
Often these children present extreme behavior problems that take foster
parents to the limit of their training and tolerance very quickly. It is at
these times that foster parents need the support of neighbors, supervisors,
and friends who understand their situation and are trained and willing to
help. Additionally, these behaviors are often played out in the
community in which the foster family lives causing neighbors to demand that
the children be moved. Research shows that the number one reason foster
parents have a child removed from their care and/or quit fostering
altogether is this lack of support from their community.
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