Advocates

Amoung all the other highly important things you will do for your children In care, you will also be called to be their biggest advocates.

This is an extremely important part of being a Foster Parent , the information that you share with their Case Worker, their GAL (Guardian Ad Litem), and if they are blessed to have a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) will go a long way in helping your child receive all the services they may need, all the extra support they deserve, and it will give them a voice in the court room when they are not able to do it for themselves.

As a Foster Parent, you are with that child more then anyone on the team will be. You see the day in and day out of their lives, your’e there to pick up the pieces when they are too heavy to carry, and to celebrate the victories when they happen. You see every smile and every tear, every outburst caused by something triggering, and you live deep in the trenches of their traumas, so it’s important to advocate, speak up and don’t feel bad for speaking their truth. It needs to be heard, it needs to be honored. Write everything down, share it with the team, and don’t hold back because you feel like you may feel backlash for speaking up. These children deserve it. They deserve their truth to be shouted out and taken seriously. They matter!!