The Martin Family

"My husband and I have been foster parents for several years and have had the opportunity to work with youth, which is something we have always enjoyed doing. However, it can be an extremely challenging job and a strong support system is imperative if you are to succeed. Over the years, we have had the opportunity to engage with several different places to accomplish our job. After my husband and I decided to take about a 5-year break to dedicate ourselves to our own biological children we then decided to Foster again. Question was! Who should we go to? Only one stood..."

The Farmakis Family

"My husband and I made a decision early on in our marriage that we were not going to have any biological children. It was a personal choice based on family history. We thought about adoption but we quickly found out that was very expensive. The other part of that is we didn’t want a baby. Ironically, we saw an ad in the paper one day about treatment foster care and learned that most of the children that made it into treatment foster care were older..."

The Schuhmacher Family

“What comes to mind when you hear “Precious Moments”? Well, for Dan and me it brings to mind a few things. I, for one, in the past have collected the Precious Moments figurines. Secondly, I think of all the times I have spent with loved ones & what “precious moments” those are. But, the third thing that comes to mind is one of the most remembered and it is a significant part of foster parenting. Eleven years ago, we stumbled across an ad in the paper imploring the need for foster parents (sure wish I still had it) and that is how it all began..."