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Show t . f ' . V " ' ; s$ . .-:' i ", V 1 , i : V- i t x : 1 " FOSTER RIBBON Matheson has ,eekof Apnl ,' Foster Parent is to thank 'lis who have ."-ms and tore-no tore-no the foster .IE G to Steve (ounty social .is of recruiting jster parents in Yellow Ribbon .;: be conducted 5, social work-, interested in a parent prog-jvtllow prog-jvtllow ribbon . .ill the public's foster parent -he need there is Utah and Davis ;nng foster pail pa-il parent prog-jred prog-jred by the Di--jy Services of i Davis Coun-: Coun-: located at 312 layton, phone 376 (296, 867-1 867-1 People in-.oming in-.oming involved nor in learning it foster care xh Steve Clark '.toe numbers. : is a temporary fan with prob- ": or school are iter home until ' a home can be 'In child can be 'it natural pa- ii child isusual-Aerage isusual-Aerage length lit home is six ffll time, there, 'itrs in Davis County foster homes, one preschooler pre-schooler and six elementary age children. Since the need for foster parents pa-rents is greatest in the teenage years, licensing for foster homes will only be done for people willing to take a teenager. A FOSTER parent is responsible respon-sible to give day-by-day care to the child which includes feeding, feed-ing, bathing, training, appropriate approp-riate religious guidance, education edu-cation and caring for the child as is appropriate to his age and mental and physical capacity and to be an advocate for the child. The foster parent should report re-port any irregular behavior or apparent illness to the social service worker but to act in the child's interest in an emergency. emergen-cy. The foster parents care for the child until relieved of such responsibility by an authorized autho-rized representative of the Division Di-vision of Family Services. FOSTER CARE is a team job. The foster parent works closely with the state social, worker. Each accepts certain responsibilities for the child. The key to being a successful foster parent is maintaining a working partnership with the social worker and the child. Children placed in foster care must be placed in an approved home which conforms con-forms to foster care standards. An application is filled out by prospective foster parents. Reference people are listed on the application. A social worker work-er will conduct an interview with the prospective foster parent. pa-rent. All information is kept confidential. AT LEAST once a year, a Urging Davis County residents to "tie a yellow ribbon" for social work and to get involved in the foster parent program are foster parents Stan and Pam Mills, left and far right, and social worker Steve Clark, whose a little tied up in things already. social worker will evaluate the foster home for continued approval and relicensing. This annual re-evaluation is a good time to review how the parenting parent-ing skills have grown. A foster parent association has been organized made up of foster parents, concenred citizens and professionals from different agencies. The purpose of this association includes: in-cludes: promoting coordination coordina-tion and communication among foster parents; promoting promot-ing legislation and agency programming on behalf of children; chil-dren; encouraging recruitment and training of foster parents; sponsoring an annual state conference on foster care. THE FOSTER child's medical needs are covered under a state health insurance program. The Internal Revenue Service Ser-vice has ruled that foster parents pa-rents are not required to list as income money received from the agency which reimburses them for foster care. Service fees must be declared as income. in-come. IN considering your home for a particular foster child, the social worker respects your wishes and preferences as well as the child's needs. The worker work-er will discuss his knowledge of the family and the child with you so that a mutual placement decision can be made. Refusing to take a foster child at a particular time does not mean you will lose your foster care license or that you may never have the opportunity opportun-ity to have a foster child, dmg |