Foster Stories
There are many reasons to become a Foster Parent and here is a few from our current Foster Parents!
I am a Foster Parent so that…
- Foster kids can experience happy family
- So Foster kids can feel love and safety
- So they have a successful future
- So they know they are valuable
- To give kids hope
- To help out future grow strong and beautiful
- So kids know they are loved and cared for
- to know future is going to be better
- kids can become part of a family
- So I am a better man
- So their children can have a future
- So children know that someone loves them unconditionally
- So kids have people to count on
- Kids can know life to be fun and not just survival
- So they can be safe and heard
- So some kids can return to their biological family
- So kids are loved, stable and understood
- To give kids a place to reach their full potential
Why are you doing this work? (Direct Quotes from our Foster Parents)
- “don’t see stigma that others do, there just kids”
- “So many kids out there w/o home and love and we have it to give”
- “hope for our future no kid that can’t become a productive member of our society”
- “takes a village to raise a child”
- “Feel we have been blessed and want to give back and CYS is a great organization to do that?
- “CYS holds values I hold most dear”
- “CYS is not just a foster care program; they do so much more in the community.”
- “CYS is in the mix, having that family makes all the difference”
- “CYS supports Foster Parents”
What does the Foster Care program value that is in line with your values?
- “Safety, support, consistency, compassion, human centered, open minded, continuity, generous, thorough, adaptable, tenacious, persistence, understanding, realistic, never a brick wall, never a closed door, willing to walk the road with you, hero’s, truly care, family, get emotionally
- attached, committed, team orientated, welcoming, community, advocacy, equal supports in all directions, modeling, fun, teaching/leadership, best interest of emotion/physical/mental health, empowering. “
