Kelley Cooper’s career in child welfare began by chance, but her impact has been anything but accidental. The Tennessee foster care professional was nominated as an outstanding caseworker by a family who praised her approach to ensuring smooth transitions and long-term success as she helped them adopt their 17-year-old son.
Drema Neely has worked with families for 16 years, most of that time as a case manager. She
first joined the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services four months after adopting a baby
through kinship care because she wanted to help other parents like her.
A Rhode Island social worker helps foster families and birth families connect. Here are her insights about adoption and foster care.
What makes a great foster parent? That’s a question we’ve asked dozens of caseworkers over the years. Here’s what they’ve said.
Nominated as an outstanding caseworker, Noel Weber works with children with high needs and foster families.
“I make it through every day and wake up and do it again because when we are able to get brothers and sisters back together to finish growing up, that success keeps me going for a long time.”