Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Foster Kids Will Benefit From Donation to Making Kids Count

Making Kids Count, an organization in Ohio, received a much-needed donation to help foster children. Many children are taken from their families by CPS, Child Protective Services. In this situation the immediate goal is to get the children out of harm's way as
quickly as possible.

Unfortunately, this tactical "in and out" maneuver results in children being removed with only the clothes they are wearing. A child may have been sleeping in a t-shirt or pajamas. When these kids enter foster care, they still may not have much in the way of clothes and certainly no toys.

Worse, Martin Guggenheim, the Fiorello LaGuardia Professor of Clinical Law at New York University School of Law, wrote that "for a young enough child, it [the removal from their home] can be an experience akin to a kidnapping."

Making Kids Count plans to use the $4,000 donation to buy Comfort Kits, bags that may have a new, warm blanket or some toys to help foster children traumatized by being taken from their homes.

Regards,

Richard Villasana
  Richard

Richard Villasana
Find Families In Mexico

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