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THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 14
THOUSAND MICHIGAN CHILDREN IN
FOSTER CARE AT ANY GIVEN TIME,
THAT ARE IN NEED OF FOSTER
PARENTS.
TODAY WE BEGIN OUR SERIES ON THE
SYSTEM AND WHAT IT TAKES TO GET
INVOVLED.
FOSTER CARE BECOMING A FOSTER
PARENT>> ((SOT))(:03)
"...DRUGS USED UP HERE."
((VO))
...A COUPLE OF REASONS MANY
CHILDREN IN NORTHEAST MICHIGAN
DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO
HAVE HEALTHY MEALS, A WARM BED
TO SLEEP IN OR CLEAN CLOTHES.
BUT FOSTER PARENTS CAN HELP
CHILDREN GET OUT OF THESE
SITUATIONS...
DAWN REDFIELD FOSTER PARENT>>
((SOT))(:06)
"...YOUR BACKGROUND CHECKS."
((VO))
HOLY CROSS CHILDREN'S SERVICES
IS ONE OF THE LARGEST,
NON-PROFIT PROVIDERS OF
CHILDREN'S SERVICES IN
MICHIGAN... AND THE ORGANIZATION
SAYS THERE IS A GREAT NEED FOR
FOSTER PARENTS IN THE AREA.
((SOT))(:05)
"...HERE TO HELP THEM."
((VO))
FOSTER PARENTS MUST BE AT LEAST
18 YEARS OF AGE. THOSE WHO
CHOOSE TO BECOME LICENSED MUST
FILL OUT THIS TWO PAGE
APPLICATION, ATTEND ORIENTATION,
COMPLETE FOSTER PARENT TRAINING
AND COMPLETE A HOME STUDY. ONE
OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
GUIDELINES...
PEGGY KRAJNIAK HOLY CROSS
CHILDREN'S SERVICES>>
((SOT))(:07)
"...LICENSED AS A FOSTER HOME."
((VO))
THE PROCESS TO BECOME A FOSTER
PARENT TAKES NO MORE THAN SIX
MONTHS.
((SOT))(:03)
"...AND IN GOOD HOMES."
((VO))
DAWN REDFIELD HAS BEEN A FOSTER
PARENT TO 4 CHILDREN AGES ONE TO
18. AND SHE HAS LOVED HELPING
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM GET
BACK INTO A ROUTINE.
((SOT))(:05)
"...ONE PLACE TO THE OTHER."
((VO))
AND ALTHOUGH HER SON SAYS IT'S
HARD WHEN YOU GET CLOSE TO THEM
AND THEN THEY LEAVE, HE ENJOYS
THE COMPANY...
JOSH FOSTER SON OF FOSTER
PARENT>> ((SOT))(:13)
"...AREN'T ACTUALLY BLOOD
RELATED."
((VO))
ASHLEY REED, WBKB NEWS