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Article: Foster parents provide vital service.
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- The Sedalia Democrat (Sedalia, MO)
- Article date:
- August 1, 2007
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Byline: T.S. Hopkins
Aug. 1--Ask someone why he or she became a foster parent and it is not unusual for them to answer, "Because I'm crazy."
That, of course, is far from the truth, but foster parents are not the kind of people who spend much time talking about their desire to help a child; they just open their home to provide a safe environment.
A foster parent is the safety net for an endangered child.
"The goal of the Missouri Division of Family Services is to reunite the child with the biological family," said Ana Compain-Romero, communications director of DFS. "In the meantime, we put a permanency plan in place for foster care ...