by Cathy | May 20, 2014 | Good Samaritan Network, Mother's Day
As a single mother struggling with untreated depression and anxiety, Rachel had no family or close friends nearby on whom she could depend for help with childcare or parenting advice. Unemployed and staying at home because of the medical needs of her four young...
by Cathy | May 20, 2014 | CHOSEN | Treatment Foster Care & Clinical Services
In October 2013, the Intake Coordinator of our CHOSEN program received a referral for a 13-year-old male (we’ll call him “Josh”) in need of immediate placement into Treatment Foster Care (TFC). His biological father had been diagnosed with terminal...
by Cathy | May 20, 2014 | CHOSEN | Treatment Foster Care & Clinical Services
With his mother just released from incarceration for distribution of drugs, and 8-year-old boy (we’ll call him “Joey”)– with a history of abandonment, neglect, abuse and multiple unsuccessful treatment foster care placements elsewhere–...
by Cathy | May 20, 2014 | CHOSEN | Treatment Foster Care & Clinical Services
Wandering the streets of Baltimore alone in the spring of 2008, “baby unknown” (we’ll call him “Derek”) was picked up by police, taken to the Department of Social Services (DSS) and then referred to us for treatment foster care. Abandoned...
by Cathy | May 20, 2014 | CHOSEN | Treatment Foster Care & Clinical Services
A year ago, having just returned from church, the maternal grandmother of a 15-month-old boy (we’ll call him Carlos) insisted that he be taken to the Emergency Room. His inconsolable crying and inability to bear any weight holding onto the crib troubled her,...