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Outstanding Caseworker Lindsey Cox

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.”

Cora and Maureen Atkinson

Finding Cora

In this guest post, a mother writes about finding her daughter on AdoptUSKids: “The process that I thought would be quick took more than four years, but if I had been matched sooner, I wouldn’t have been matched with Cora.”

Outstanding Caseworker Harold Hankerson

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.”

Outstanding Caseworker Trudy Tweedle-Cagle

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.

Outstanding caseworker Stephanie Collum

Outstanding Caseworker: Stephanie Collum

Being authentic, positive, and “comfortable in every situation” are three keys to this Mississippi caseworker’s success when working with children and parents.

Outstanding caseworker Ma Shonn Sullivan

Outstanding Caseworker: Ma Shonn Sullivan

An adoption worker talks about finding a forever family for a little girl with medical needs who was photolisted on adoptuskids.org.