{"id":21516,"date":"2024-04-02T16:10:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T21:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ccano.org\/?p=21516"},"modified":"2024-04-02T16:11:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T21:11:57","slug":"foster-parent-answers-calling-for-children-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ccano.org\/blog\/foster-parent-answers-calling-for-children-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Foster Parent Answers Calling for Children in Need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21517 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ccano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Jill-Michael-480x729.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"343\" height=\"521\" \/>It\u2019s not often that someone brings a photo album to a meeting. But that\u2019s exactly what Jill Hadley did when she arrived at PJ\u2019s Coffee in Mandeville recently to talk about her nearly 20 years of volunteer service to children in need with Therapeutic Family Services (TFS).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TFS contracts with the Department of Children and Family Services to provide therapeutic foster homes for children in foster care. The need for foster parents is greater than ever. As the children in the program are often medically or emotionally fragile, requiring specialized care, finding parents that can devote the time, energy and patience to giving the children their full attention can be challenging.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou have to have a calling to do this. This is not normal foster care. These kids have behavioral or medical problems and really need help. We take cases that normally nobody takes,\u201d Jill says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jill\u2019s photo album is full of pictures of the more than a dozen children she has fostered since 2005. Details of the children and their lives with her spring back to life for Jill as she flips through the book and shares memories of them. The calling to begin fostering children came to Jill in 2005. She has always loved children and had her own daycare for a while. After learning about some of the traumatic backstories and specialized needs of the children coming through TFS, Jill was confident she could help.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her first set of foster children were Michael, 11 and his 12-year old brother. Both boys were removed from their home after reports of living in squalor-like conditions came to light. Her love for the children is evident. So much so that Jill would eventually adopt Michael, who is now 28 with special needs. He works with the Arc of Greater New Orleans, which also supports him to live an independent life in the community. It can be difficult though when it\u2019s time for the children to return home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI fall in love with all of them and I put that love in the child so the parents can see it when they return. It\u2019s hard, though. I cry when they leave,\u201d Jill says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When possible, TFS works to reunite children with their families via an 18-month plan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other foster children that have come through Jill\u2019s home have had cancer, been non-verbal, had anger issues, or even come from situations where both parents were living on the street. 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