Foster parents provide a ray of hope in a world otherwise shadowed by issues that are dangerous to the child’s well-being. Foster parents are crucial to the welfare of the child, and work closely with other professionals such as teachers, social workers, doctors, and other agency officials. Foster children have critical needs the foster parents provide. These needs are not just food and shelter, but include support, encouragement, reassurance, self-esteem, self-worth, and more importantly love.
Benefits of Becoming a Foster Parent:
- Fulfilling your desire to parent a child
- Breaking the cycle of child abuse
- Give many children their first chance to trust
- Helping children with some of life’s hardest experiences
- Enhance your parenting techniques through training and support.
For more information on how YOU could become a foster parent:
Family Foster Care Program
Raintree Children and Family Services
1233 Eighth Street
New Orleans, LA 70115
Phone (504) 899-9045 x34
Fax (504) 895-0204
ecrowley@raintreeservices.org
