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Friday, December 11, 2009

West Virginia Foster Parents Forming Statewide Support Group

An effort is underway in West Virginia to form a statewide support and advocacy group for foster parents. Charleston Gazette staff writer Susan Williams described the effort in a Dec. 4 article:
Rachel Probst, support specialist for Mission West Virginia, said West Virginia has no active group that encompasses the entire state. & "First of all, we want to improve the quality of life for children in foster care. But foster parents and adoptive parents also need a collective voice." &

Although Probst works for Mission West Virginia, she said the new foster parent group will be independent of her organization.

"We want to be a central resource for parents," Probst said. "We want to educate people about the role of foster parents, and we want to be a support group for them and for adoptive parents.
For more information about the new group call 866-225-5698.

Labels: foster care, foster parents, awareness, support, west virginia

Posted By: Aspen/CRC

Comments:

Janet M on 4/28/2010
I am interested in learning of a foster parent support group in WV. I am just finishing the foster parenting classes and have asked in class if there is a support group for foster parents and I have been told " no there is not" I think it would be so helpful to foster parents. Can I do anything to help get it started? Is anyone out there interested?