I feel like where I have made the most difference is the support I give to our foster families. While it is always exciting to go out and recruit new foster families, I get even more excited when families who have already been licensed and have experienced the ups and...
For my I Made A Difference Moment story, I think of one family in particular. This mother had just welcomed her first child and was feeling overwhelmed. She worried she wasn’t doing enough and doubted her ability to provide the right foundation for her baby. As our...
A Family's Journey Towards Restoration In the spring of 2024, I received a call from a foster care supervisor asking if I had any openings in my schedule. The worker had just received a case and she wanted me to work with the parents. I met the parents at a family...
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...
In the PACT program, I had the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of my clients. My client was frustrated that she was stuck in the same old visitation room at MDDHS for every visit. She wondered why she didn’t have the right to take her children out...
