Children all over the country are in need of loving, stable foster care homes. Young people whose own families are in crisis need nurturing adults to care for them. The ability of foster care to meet this need was the subject of a letter to the editor that appeared in the May 26 edition of the Marshfield (Wisconsin) News Herald:

Most communities are urgently seeking more everyday people to help these youth overcome their troubled childhoods and realize their full potential.

No matter what their age, every young person in foster care benefits from a meaningful connection to a caring adult who becomes a supportive and lasting presence in his or her life.

Written by Liz Stern and Grace Bauer, who serve as foster care coordinators with the Wood County Department of Social Services, the letter also noted that May is Foster Care Month in the state of Wisconsin, and state officials are hoping this designation will encourage adults to explore the possibility of becoming a foster parent.

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