Foster Care Crisis in Spokane

With permission from the Foster Parents Association of Spokane, I am reposting an email they sent to me today.  Please spread the word to any friends you know of who might be considering foster care or adoption.

"CALL TO ACTION TODAY

Attention Spokane Community:  We are in a crisis.  We need more foster homes willing to take children now.
Here are the facts:
Placement Staff in Spokane County (Homes Finders) have placed 253 children in the last 3 months alone!  This is a dramatic increase over previous years.
Home Finders had to call 9 homes before they could find a home for a newborn baby.
Home Finders have had to separate sibling groups including a set of twins because we do not have enough homes.

We need your help today!

Here is your call to action.  Every foster parent recruit one new home by October 15th .  Please take this call to action and email me back that you will commit to recruit one new home by October 15th.  Orientation is scheduled for October 18th.
Together we CAN make a difference for the children of our community!

Linda Rogers, Regional Foster Parent Recruitment Coordinator 

509-389-7192

Please forward this Call To Action to your email list.

Visit www.fpas.org for contact information, training, etc."

You can read this news article if you want to read this information in a slightly different format.