Stephanie Vinson, Good Shepherd’s (GS) Foster Family Recruiter, is passionate about finding new families who have the love, patience, and commitment to open their hearts and homes to children who need them. There are about 13,000 children in foster care state-wide and not nearly enough foster families. The biggest issue […]
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 […]
5 Reasons to Become a Foster Parent When thinking about becoming a foster parent, a million reasons come to mind why not to. You’re worried you might not be able to handle a child leaving your home,  you’re worried you might not be able to handle a child staying […]
Something we’ve learned over the years is that the one thing that opens and closes the most doors for young people is education. That is why we have supplemented our Maternity Program with the services of a full time Education Coordinator who also conducts screenings and advocacy for our foster […]
