Open Your Heart and Your Home: Become a Holding Home Partner
When a child is removed from their home, the Good Shepherd team instantly goes to work to find just the right foster family placement. We will call family to see if they’re available (our best option) and reach out to foster homes that are trained and ready to accept placements, […]
You Can Make a Difference for Children and Foster Families
Children enter foster care for many different reasons, and when they do, Good Shepherd Children & Family Services is there to support both the child and the family who welcomes them. We also rely on dedicated volunteers to want to make a positive difference in the life of a foster […]
Treatment Foster Care Parent Profile: Mama Barb
Miss Barb. Mama Barb. Barbara, a Treatment Foster Care parent, answers to more than one affectionate name, earned during her time providing care to girls who’ve come to find a loving, stable home with her as part of Good Shepherd’s Treatment Foster Care program (TFC). Our team salutes her for […]
Treatment Foster Care Gets Youth Ready for Successful, Independent Future
by Nishelle Thompson, PLPC, Family Clinician Growing up in foster care isn’t easy. Forced into a reality different than the one you grew up in, not knowing what’s going to happen next, having strangers who tell you they care. When those strangers are empowered to make decisions for you and […]