Ken and Alix Catalanotto discussed becoming foster parents for years and felt it was the right time for their family to pursue this interest. They completed the necessary training and became licensed foster parents in December of 2014. Ken and Alix want to help children; who have experienced trauma, to […]
Sometimes doing the work we do at Good Shepherd means walking a tightrope. We must join with the suffering of our clients, but we must also maintain enough separation to keep ourselves together. Too much empathy (i.e., feeling our way into our clients’ experience too deeply) risks becoming overwhelmed, paralyzed, […]
After a great deal of analysis and consideration of several options, we made the difficult decision to close our traditional Residential Treatment Program and frame a new future for the agency. A big part of that new future was a plan for a larger Maternity Program that could serve a […]
One of the biggest thrills for Good Shepherd is the phenomenon of finding. We like helping kids find families; adoptive parents find kids to love; and finding ways for our foster kids and families work through tough situations. This is a story about finding. At the most recent Golf Tournament, […]
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