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Foster parenting information session Thursday evening in Canton

Posted 1/2/19

CANTON – A foster parenting informational session will be held on Thursday, January 3, at 6 p.m. at the Human Services Center, 80 State Highway 310, Second Floor Conference Room. Fostering Futures …

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Foster parenting information session Thursday evening in Canton

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CANTON – A foster parenting informational session will be held on Thursday, January 3, at 6 p.m. at the Human Services Center, 80 State Highway 310, Second Floor Conference Room. Fostering Futures of St. Lawrence County Program, an affiliate Program of the Children’s Home of Jefferson County (CHJC), will host the session.

Anyone interested in learning more about Foster Parenting, Adoption, Respite Services and CHJC’s Therapeutic Fostering Futures Program is welcome and encouraged to attend.

This event will help people interested in becoming a Foster Parent learn about the Program. In an informal, casual setting, the session will also offer opportunities to ask questions and speak with Program staff. Light refreshments will be served. Foster Parenting training classes will begin in Canton on Thursday, January 10, 2019, and continue for ten weeks thereafter.

Fostering Futures of St. Lawrence County provides temporary care for children unable to live with their birth families or guardians. It allows children who may have been abused or neglected, and/or have behavioral challenges and special needs, the opportunity to live in a family setting, attend public school and be an active member of the community. To provide support for the needs of the entire family, in addition to 24-hour on-call services and crisis response, extensive training is offered to all Foster Parents. They will work as a member of a team of families, social workers, and other professionals to help prepare a child to return to his/her birth family, or to be adopted.

For more information about the informational or training sessions, or on opening your home and heart to these deserving children, please contact Marlene Pickering, Foster Care Recruitment and Training Specialist, at (315) 229-3504, or email Marlene at mpickering@nnychildrenshome.com.