National Foster Care Month Advances Community Awareness

ROUND ROCK, TX —May is Foster Awareness Month, and is an opportunity to advance awareness on ways the community works to enhance the lives of children and youth through foster care. Each day, calls of potential child abuse are reported to child welfare services in communities across our state. When this occurs, the child is removed from danger and placed in a foster care home where the child will be cared for until an investigation is completed.

However, there are more children that need homes than prospective foster families at the moment. Add to that, sometimes a child may require placement within a particular setting to address concerns such as special needs, treatment, etc. When a home isn't available, children are placed in residential facility or an emergency shelter until a family becomes available.

In Texas, there are our 200 foster kids currently living in CPS Office due to COVID-19. For that reason, Arrow Child & Family Ministry is looking for families to help be a refuge for foster children. The organization continues to offer its Training sessions via Virtual Zoom Training, and invites prospective families to gain their license in 90 days or less. To learn more about foster care and Arrow Child & Family Ministry, or to donate to advance their mission amid the current public health crisis, please click HERE.