Foster Care Closet of Rural Nevada

08/03/2021

We are in need of items for a Newborn girl. Clothing, Newborn diapers, equipment.
Thank You !

06/03/2021

Tonights the night! See you there 🙂

We need your help.....we have so many amazing donations and we need your help going through them, sorting them and organizing them in our space.
When :June 3rd
Time: 4:30-7:00 pm
No need to RSVP just show up ready to help! Thanks in advance for your willingness to help 🙂

05/25/2021

We need your help.....we have so many amazing donations and we need your help going through them, sorting them and organizing them in our space.
When :June 3rd
Time: 4:30-7:00 pm
No need to RSVP just show up ready to help! Thanks in advance for your willingness to help 🙂

05/21/2021

Someone commented “why is this so hard, you’re just his foster parent”

Let me try to explain.

When I became a foster parent I decided we would be the family that I would want my kids to live with if heaven forbid anything were to happen to me; & that would not be a family that could compartmentalize their feelings towards them as foster children.

Whether it’s for one day, seven or 583, we are a foster family that treats every child in our home as if they were ours, while knowing & understanding that they are not & supporting reunification—just like we did with our sweet boy that left us yesterday. We love them all the same, we treat them all the same, we care for them all the same. We go all in & agree that each child deserves to feel safe, loved & protected during their time in foster care.

I couldn’t imagine not being heartbroken after having a child live with us for 583 days—even if I’m “just” his foster mom.

At some point I hope that there won’t be a need for me to say ‘yes’ anymore—but until then, we will continue to get “too attached” & fiercely love every child that comes through our front door.

02/06/2021

https://theappeal.org/the-lab/report/guaranteed-income-for-kids-transitioning-out-of-foster-care/?fbclid=IwAR0vuhWvRQbcJN_tbmNUjJBJFOlyWoq3SJFzZaFaUyUeM8weQtYx-XhUWB4

With soaring unemployment, stagnant wages, and historic income inequality, the transition from living at home to financial independence is often a long and arduous one, and perhaps impossible without a family safety net. That transition is even more difficult for children in foster care.

01/28/2021

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/COVID-19/Pages/Caring-for-Children-in-Foster-Care-COVID-19.aspx

During the coronavirus pandemic, caring for children in foster care may be more challenging than ever. Here are some ways foster parents and kinship caregivers can help the children in their care.​

09/09/2020

We received an amazing donation from the Geigers! We can’t thank you enough for supporting our foster kids.

09/06/2020

Become a certified respite provider, so many foster parents can’t take a much needed break because kids in care can’t be cared for by just anyone 😉

07/06/2020

Something to think about.........

Division of Child & Family Services

06/30/2020

05/30/2020

6 schools, 5 caseworkers & 11 different ‘parents’ in 4 years; plus, I haven’t seen my biological family in over 2.

I’ve outlasted all of my caseworkers, each one has moved on, while I continue to stay stagnant in the system.

I’ve been moved because of time restraints, personality differences & for making mistakes that most teenagers do. But unlike most, my parents had the option to put in notice & have me removed.

When I finally found a teacher that I could confide in, I moved to the other side of town. Never seeing her again.

It used to be hard not to make connections, but overtime it became easier. I’ve learned that everything is always temporary in my world.

I’m expected to be grateful for actually living in a home & not a facility at my age; even though I can’t remember the last time someone said they loved me—I’m considered “lucky”.

Every time I move, I must conform to new rules, lifestyles, religions—without questioning a thing.

Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to have a mom that would brush my hair & brag to her friends about my grades; or a protective dad that meets my prom date at the door, lecturing him about being a gentleman.

But I don’t let my mind wander too far because I don’t know that I’ll ever get those things, although I secretly want them so badly.

I’ll be considered an adult in less than a year & even at 17, my deepest desire is to be adopted & my deepest fear is to age out of the system without a family to call my own. A family who loves me & who welcomes me freely, even when I’ve messed up.

I know fostering teenagers is hard & it would be easier not to do it—but being a teenager in foster care is hard & nobody gave me a choice.
~thoughts from a foster youth~