I starting working with Dan during the last quarter of 2020. When I first reached out to him, Dan was very hesitant to begin working with me. I explained our agency’s Advance-In-Home (AIH) program to him and we set up our next meeting. Once I shared with Dan the...

I matched with my teen mentee, Susie back in May. Obviously, during a pandemic, it was hard to immediately connect since all activities were initially virtual. However, once the COVID guidelines changed and we could safely meet face to face, we hit the ground running....

I have a 13-year-old boy on my caseload, we will call him AJ.  After his mother died, he was removed from his father for physical abuse and moved into a residential facility for a year and a half. AJ was eventually placed with a great uncle who had no idea...

I Make A Difference Moment I was assigned this case April 7th, 2020 right in the middle of COVID-19 lock down. When the client and I first started working together, the visits were through phone calls with her 3 children. The calls were good but the client could not...

I Make A Difference Moment Mrs. Jones is a parent who was referred to. our agency for services. At the time of the referral, she was residing in a sober living facility trying to adjust to her new normal after her three children were removed from her care because of...

I Make a Difference Moment Ms. Frank is a foster parent I worked with for the last 18 months. During that time, she has accepted multiple children into her licensed foster home. As I have continued to keep in touch with Ms. Frank I have observed the many ways she...

I Make A Difference Moment Recently we shared an I Make A Difference story that was 5 years in the making. Here is one from a foster care worker in her first job out of college: I have a little boy on my caseload. He is very smart. He’s the type of little kid you...

 This I Made a Difference Moment reached a milestone earlier this year but actually began 5 years earlier. In 2015, I received my very first adoption case which involved three siblings. Children's Protective Services had been working with the family for a...