Feb. 2022 | Vol. 02 Iss. 02
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GIVE KIDS AN EXTRA MEASURE OF LOVE – BECOME A FOSTER FAMILY Byline
By Becky Ginos | becky.g@davisjournal.com
NORTH SALT LAKE—There are more than 500 kids from North Salt Lake to the Idaho border in foster care and Utah Foster Care is always looking for more families who can provide a safe and loving home. “If you have space in your home and a place in your heart to become a foster parent there is an ongoing need to care for kids,” said Amy Wicks, Lead Foster Adoptive Consultant for the Northern Region of Utah Foster Care. “There are a wide range of ages. Eighty percent come with at least one sibling. We try to keep families together but those foster families are harder to find and children ages 12 down to 2 we sometimes struggle with that too.” Utah Foster Care works to train and support foster families, she said. “First we meet with them for about
an hour. We find out about what the dynamics are in the family and the process to get licensed. There are 24 hours of training required.” It talks a lot about how a foster parent can support a child who has experienced trauma, said Wicks. “Every child in the system has had trauma. It could be abuse, neglect, etc. It’s also very traumatic to be removed from the home. We train foster families to help them make that transition and how their own family Continued page 10 Utah foster mom Amy captures a photo of her foster daughter she calls ‘Cutie Girl’ as she looks out the window with a furry friend by her side. Amy has seen a change in the little girl as she starts to feel safe and loved. Courtesy photo
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