Families

A Nonprofit 501c3 Organization

God has given foster parents a gift. The most important gift is the special gift of love. A chance to receive love is always a gift. A chance to give love is as well. No one has too much love. Have you ever heard anyone complain, they don't have room for any more love? Did you notice love fits all sizes and shapes and types of human beings? Are you aware of love being always the just right emotion for every occasion? Both giving and receiving love is a gift.

Jo Ann Wentzel

Lots of foster parents have worked with kids for decades. How many "professional" people do you know that study that long to be a doctor, lawyer, or teacher. We consider these people professionals, however.

What people tend to forget is the fact that in addition to training, required and otherwise, foster parents must learn on the job everyday. It becomes a necessity for new topics to be mastered with every new foster child. You may be immediately forced to learn about specific learning disabilities, behaviors, and illnesses.

JoAnn Wentzel

For many years now, I have been fighting for foster parents to be considered professionals. As a foster parent I went through the experiences of being talked down to and considered a non-professional. I think the fight must go on since foster parents deserve the classification of ‘professionals.’ A good foster parent goes through many hours of training every year. You are required to educate yourself on a number of pertinent issues. Every year, new information, concepts, programs, and issues are brought forth. A foster parent is required to study these just to do their job. If training makes one a professional, an expert, than surely the foster parent should be considered so. When others are heard to say, but they are just foster parents, I start to lose control.