by Cathy | Oct 25, 2016 | Good Samaritan Network
Each year, we collect Thanksgiving baskets and Christmas gifts for families in need. We are grateful to be able to touch the hearts of so many families across the state of Maryland through this effort. Following is a story of how holiday giving impacted one family....
by Cathy | Sep 26, 2016 | CHOSEN | Treatment Foster Care & Clinical Services
Did you know that kids who have been in foster care are less likely to graduate high school and more likely to be incarcerated, experience homelessness, and have their own children taken into foster care? Since our founding nearly 100 years ago, Building Families has...
by Cathy | Aug 29, 2016 | Community of Hope
Patterson Park Community of Hope (COH) is a collaborative, community effort in its beginning stages that envisions: “… a place where all children are safe and have the support they need from the adults in their lives to grow up healthy and succeed.” To date we have...
by Cathy | Jul 13, 2016 | Safe Families for Children
By Suzanne R. Schlattman, MSW, MPH When our third child was born, our adjustment as parents and siblings was a breeze–thanks in large part to our involvement in Safe Families. The normal parental concerns and anxieties of having “enough” to support...
by Cathy | May 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
We will celebrate our CHOSEN (Children of Special and Exceptional Need) therapeutic foster parents at a local restaurant on May 26, to recognize National Foster Care Month. As we look back at the recent celebration of Mother’s Day and look forward to Father’s Day, we...