Posts Tagged ‘foster care’
GriefSPEAK: Goodnight Moon, Goodbye, Mommy – Mari Nardolillo Dias
by Mari Nardolillo Dias, EdD, contributing writer Last year I wrote an article about a foster mom whose daughter, Carrie, was taken away. Suddenly, without warning. Although Carrie’s biological mother had given her up, DCYF was able to find the biological father through a DNA test. According to my client, this man was not the…
Read MoreGriefSPEAK: A loss by any name is still a loss – Mari Nardolillo Dias
by Mari Nardolillo Dias, EdD, contributing writer This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. Taryn is a 30-something foster mom.…
Read MoreIn the Arena – Sue Babin, RI Foster and Adoptive Families
Each week Joe Paolino, Jr. interviews leaders in Rhode Island. This week he interviews Sue Babin, of RI Foster and Adoptive Families. The organization was begun by four women who were foster mothers. The group supports families in the foster process. There are many supports out there. Often grandparents may be caring for children and…
Read MoreSupport for foster and adoptive families – The Village RI
“It Takes A Village, Support for Foster and Adoptive Families” – Public Affairs Series via RI & Cable Access TV The Village for RI Foster and Adoptive Families announced today the creation of “It Takes A Village; Support for Foster and Adoptive Families,” the first in a series of 30-minute public information television programs focusing on the…
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