by Nikky Greer | Apr 28, 2014 | Family and Friends, Stories
“Marcia” writes as a 70-year-old grandmother about how her grandchildren ended up in foster care. Her son-in-law left her grandchildren strapped into their carseats with the windows down while he ran into the Department of Human Services to use the restroom. This was...
by Nikky Greer | Apr 23, 2014 | Family and Friends, Stories
Both of “George’s” children were placed into CPS custody after he reported that they were abused by one of his relatives. His two children are still in state care, but his parental rights have not been terminated. His family income was middle class at the...
by Nikky Greer | Apr 23, 2014 | Family and Friends, Foster Families, Stories
“Summer” is a foster parent in her middle thirties who fostered in a kinship-care arrangement in 2013. She and her husband have two children, and have cared for family twice, including the niece who is the center of this story. He has a stable factory job and she is...
by Nikky Greer | Apr 21, 2014 | Family and Friends, Stories
“Marissa” was in her mid-twenties when one of her three children was placed in foster care. (She did not explain why only one of the three went into foster care.) At the time her child was taken, she characterized their living conditions as “below poverty/poor” but...
by Nikky Greer | Apr 21, 2014 | Family and Friends, Stories
“Charlotte” was in her early 40s when her three children were placed under legal guardianship in foster care. She emphatically said that having her children placed in-care was not in the best interest of her children. She does not believe that the social...
by Nikky Greer | Apr 21, 2014 | Family and Friends, Foster Families, Stories
“Amy” had been on both sides of the system—as a foster parent, then a parent whose children were taken by CPS. She had two children placed in foster care when she was in her 40s. Initially her girls were in foster families but after nineteen months, her parental...
