Efforts underway to raise awareness of need for foster care

  • Efforts underway to raise awareness of need for foster care
    Efforts underway to raise awareness of need for foster care
  • Flags signifying the number of children in foster care in Gladwin County line Cedar Ave. to raise awareness of the issue, which has a strong local advocate in Katie Lipka (inset).
    Flags signifying the number of children in foster care in Gladwin County line Cedar Ave. to raise awareness of the issue, which has a strong local advocate in Katie Lipka (inset).

    GLADWIN

    May has been designated Foster Care Month and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is raising awareness of the need for additional foster parents to provide temporary care of children while the state works to reunify them safely with their parents.

    “I’m grateful for the dedication of thousands of families across the state who have opened their hearts and homes to help…