| Show Children Find Foster Homes Through Welfare Recognition of the services of foster parents to children is the purpose of Governor Cal Cal- Calvin vin Rampton's proclamation of May as Foster Parents Parent's Week Foster care Is a subs tit tit- care of children who cannot be in bein their own homes for a per per- iod period of time The Vintah Uintah County Welfare Department has maintained a foster care program for man many years In the last three years many of the residents of Vin Uin tali County have opened their homes to help children stab stab- Haze ilire relationships heal erno emo- emotional hurts gain new social cultural and skills and develop sell self images When families are un un- unable able able- to provide for their child ren because of illness emotion al and marital conflict alcohol ism neglect etc other homes for a temporary period must be found Foster homes in Uintah County vary from those fam fam- families who may have small in in- in incomes comes and good personal skills to help children feel accepted to families with more more cation cation and money A variety of homes are needed Indian and non Indian of varying reI rel- rel religious backgrounds with no children or with many children for teenagers teenager or for little child child- children ren At present Uintah County Welfare Department maintains about 40 foster homes on its rolls some of which are I lye ive from time to time Placed In these homes are children who are residents of the county but who may need to be enrolled in another school for a fresh start There are also children from other counties who may need the rural area with ranching Tes res- responsibilities The The child welfare staff of the Uintah C County Welfare Depart Depart- meat ment welcomes applicants ants for foster care An evaluation of the family financially social ly educationally is conducted and a decision to accept or to refuse an applicant as a foster l I home is made Families which are accepted spend about five sessions In training for their roles at specific times during the year Children are placed in homes not only on the basis of the age and sex a family re- re requests requests quests but also upon the age sex and type of child and fam fam- fam fly ily and the child welfare work er may decide will fit In the home and for whom the home can do a particular job Rewarding and sometimes d difficult describe foster care Families who assume this res res- res responsibility must give under under- understanding standing support cy and love to the children they accept into their homes They are rewarded as the children change behavior Improve school work transform their self images and grow grew to love their second family ce of cultural l differences Is a primary skill a foster family needs In addition to working with a child a foster family may often be required to work with the childs child's family His par eats are Important to the child and they must be recognized as such by the foster family Foster families necessarily must accept their foster childs child's family as persons Families who m may r be inter inter- I ested in becoming foster homes I should contact the Uintah County Welfare Department telephone No The de- de department de is always Interested in finding additional homes to toI I meet the needs of children |
