Project Report
| Feb 13, 2023
Foster Care Update
By Heather Askew | Project Leader
We had hoped to have finished our license renewal by this point this year, but scheduling conflicts between us and the government officials who do the licensing have prevented that from happening. We are planning to renew the license this month and hope to start providing care for emergency situations in March.
Meanwhile, we have partnered with One Sky Foundation to assist them in research they are doing into why boys are more likely to end up dropping out of school if they are living in families versus orphanages and we are planning to assist Care for Children Foundation as they train the government staff on the new foster care laws.
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Oct 25, 2022
Foster Care Update
By Heather Askew | Project Leader
We remain in a holding pattern as we are trying to renew our foster license with the short term foster parenting department. When we first registered six years ago, there was one department for all foster placements, but now they have changed short term placements to be in a different department so it's a new system for them. Due to the busy schedule we have for November and December, we plan to follow up on this in January. The down side of the short term system is that there is no financial support from the government to provide for foster children so all expenses will have to come from our own resources.
At the moment, one of Heather's former foster daughters is living with her again due to a family disruption in her biological family. She is over 18 now so technically not in foster care, but will stay with Heather until she finishes high school.
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Jun 29, 2022
Foster Care Update
By Heather Askew | Project Leader
At the moment, Jay and Butsaba have a newborn baby and Heather is in the US visiting supporters, so we don't have any foster children currently. In September, we will all begin the process of renewing our foster care licensing with the Thai government.
However, we coordiinated with 3 other organizations to provide a foster family for a young girl who was trafficked into Thailand from another country. She has been living in a shelter for victims, but now that her case is complete, she is ready to move in with a family. She is almost 17 years old, but due to her trauma, she's only about 14 years old emotionally. We were able to find a single woman who has been interested in foster care for some time to be her foster mother. This transition from shelter to foster home will happen in July, and all involved participants are very excited to make this happen. We will provide ongoing counseling for the foster daughter and our partners will provide financial assistance for her food. We look forward to supporting this new foster family!
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