The Children’s Center’s is in celebration of the National Foster Care Awareness Month and provides one of the largest and comprehensive frontline services for children.
The Children’s Center believes in preserving biological families. They work with families and relatives of families to preserve the family unit, however when the safety of a child is concerned –The Children’s Center helps to ensure care and services for those who have been abused or neglected.
No matter their age, all children in foster care need a meaningful connection to at least one caring adult who becomes a supportive and lasting presence in their lives. Without families or stable relationships, too many of these formerly neglected and/or abused children and teens will end up facing life’s challenges all alone.
“People who become foster parents do so out of love and compassion,” says Debora Matthews, President and CEO of The Children’s Center. “We ask everyone to take a moment during the month of May to thank these wonderful families who provide loving and safe homes for the children who need them.”
At The Children’s Center, research shows that the ideal environment for children to grow and thrive is with a loving and nurturing birth-family. Yet, too many children come to us frightened and traumatized from homes devastated by poverty, neglect, mental and physical abuse.
• Over 14,000 Michigan children are in foster care annually
• Every 18 minutes a child is abused or neglected
• Every 28 seconds a child is placed in foster care
“Become a foster parent. It’s one of the most rewarding experiences you’ll ever encounter. As a trained foster parent, you can help change a child’s life by providing the caring support and guidance these young people need to heal, grow, and thrive,” says foster parent Ms. Dyan King. “The Detroit community needs to ensure there will always be enough caring foster families with loving homes.”
The magnitude of the urgent and sustaining needs of children and older youth in foster care and their families is great. Foster parents can help change a lifetime for a young person in foster care. Call us today at 313.262.1119 or visit The Children’s Center website <https://www.thechildrenscenter.com/what-we-do/a-safe-home/foster-care/> to learn more about how you can change a child’s life.
About The Children’s Center
The Children’s Center offers more than 20 interrelated programs that address the mental, physical and behavioral health, abuse and neglect, and poverty challenges faced by over 100,000 vulnerable children in Greater Detroit. To learn more about The Children’s Center, visit www.thechildrenscenter.com.
