Building Lifelong Relationships through Mentorship When I joined the Youth In Transition team, my role was to interact with unmatched youth. That’s when I met Samantha. I told her that I would meet with her twice a month. At the time, Samantha was a high school...
Mistakes in life do not mean you can’t achieve your dreams I met this client in the summer of 2023. He was a single dad who had been in prison and had not seen his daughter in 9 years. When he got out of prison, he got his life on track and reached out to the child’s...
Stepping in to make a difference This year, I was assigned a case our agency has held for some time. I was not the first foster care worker, but I made it my goal to be the last. I inherited some pretty big out-of-agency documenting errors in this case, but all hands...
Small steps, big impact I recently served a Bay County family through our Family Team Meeting (FTM) program. The referral came in as considered removal. The single mother had three young children and experienced needs of mental health and housing concerns. I...
I received a referral in October of 2023 for a father and his son. At the first contact with the caseworker, I discovered the child had been in foster care, at this point, for almost 15 months. The case was originally opened due to the mother’s neglect and drug...
