by Cathy | Nov 19, 2015 | Agency News & Updates
By: Debbie Marini, Executive Director We recently discovered there was a research-informed approach to increase family strengths, enhance child development and reduce the likelihood of child abuse and neglect. This approach is called the Strengthening Families:...
by Cathy | Nov 19, 2015 | Safe Families for Children
Billy is a homeless baby boy. His mom and dad are unemployed and live in a tent in rural Maryland. With our help, Billy’s parents recently got a volunteer to temporarily house and care for him while they look for work and wait to move into a crowded shelter. Billy and...
by Cathy | Nov 11, 2015 | Mother's Day, Safe Families for Children
WESTMINSTER, Md.–Every couple of months or so, Sheryl opens the door of her hillside home to a child whose mom or dad is struggling with homelessness, joblessness or some other personal crisis. “I believe I’m doing God’s work,” she says. Sheryl is a “host mom” with...
by Cathy | Nov 3, 2015 | CHOSEN | Treatment Foster Care & Clinical Services
A spirit of brotherhood can be felt in the big white house on the corner, known as “The Frat House.” This is where Bradley has provided foster care for a total of six boys during the past six years. Bradley first considered becoming a foster parent after seeing the...
by Cathy | Sep 22, 2015 | Mother's Day, Safe Families for Children
After spending the evening at St. Johns, the preschool Danny is enrolled in, I have done so much thinking about him and this situation. At 2:30am, I was still churning when it hit me that my approach really needs to change course. The long and short of it is that I...