Outstanding Caseworker: Whitney Coots
“I want to be a voice for Native kids and help families get the support they need to stay together.”
AdoptUSKids authors include experts in child welfare, communications, evaluation, and/or technology from across the United States. Together, they drive the AdoptUSKids project, as it supports foster and adoptive families, raises awareness about the nationwide need for more of these families, and provides resources to child welfare systems and professionals.
“I want to be a voice for Native kids and help families get the support they need to stay together.”
This year’s theme is “Every Conversation Matters” and focuses on the thousands of teenagers and young adults in foster care who need unconditional commitment, love, and support from a family.
“I’ve seen kids who’ve been through unspeakable things become healthy adults living lives that blow me away!” A social worker and adoptive mother talks about working with families for two decades.
A single mother of three living in South Carolina fulfills a dream by adopting two daughters from Alabama.
Advice for prospective parents who are searching for a child to adopt from foster care.
“Like a good social worker, a good foster parent is passionate about helping kids. They don’t give up when things get hard. They can continue to love, no matter what happens.”