Keeping Foster Children with Relatives Should Be a Priority

While there is no one solution to help foster children, too often the overriding message from state agencies is "Adopt!" House Bill 54 would require an extensive relative search be completed during the first 30 days a child is removed from their home.

However, unless there is funding to support this law, county foster child agencies will continue to use a lack of funding as a reason not to perform this search. Find Families In Mexico has always advocated "family first" as the primary way to help foster kids. Agencies are able to get this in-depth search for relatives of U.S. foster youths still living in Mexico at no cost through our donor-supported services.

There is no reason why a foster child has to spend another year in a foster care institution just because their family members live in Mexico. For the sake of these children, connecting them with relatives must be a higher priority.

Regards,


  Richard

Richard Villasana
Find Families In Mexico

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