May is National Foster Care Month!
This month—and every month—we celebrate the foster parents, volunteers, and others who are helping to create success and lasting connections for children in foster care.
AdoptUSKids
Outstanding Caseworker: Lindsey Cox
Lindsey Cox understands the challenges and rewards of adopting from foster care, because she’s both a caseworker and a foster mom: “It’s one thing to be trained; it’s another thing to live your job.”
Outstanding Caseworker: Harold Hankerson
“I’d say that working with children is a calling more than a career… The Bible tells us that we’re responsible for the orphans and the widows. Those are my marching orders.”
Understanding children’s behavior and helping them heal
A therapist discusses some of the neurological causes of children’s behavior, sensory “triggers,” and ways of calming an upset child.
Finding normal
A young woman reflects on her adoption after eight foster placements: “I realized that they really loved me, that they weren’t going to give up on me.”
Outstanding Caseworker: Trudy Tweedle-Cagle
“Organization is huge. And working weekends is inevitable.” A caseworker whose service area is the entire state of Minnesota talks about matching children and families.