Catawba County News

Online Foster/Adoption Information Meeting 5-12-20

Published: April 30, 2020

Family Builders of Catawba Valley invites anyone interested in fostering or adopting a child to attend the online resource family information meeting from 6:00-7:30 PM Tuesday, May 12th. The meeting will be held via Zoom Video Conference online and interested parties must pre-register by emailing mburns@catawbacountync.gov by May 11th.

Resource families include family foster homes and adoptive homes. Specific information about becoming a resource family will be available at the meeting. Guests also will learn about required training for resource families and hear stories about the rewards of helping Catawba County’s children in foster care.

With over 320 children in foster care in Catawba County, there is currently an urgent need for foster parents, especially those who can accept sibling groups, teenagers, and medically fragile newborns. For more information about the meeting, contact Megan Burns at Family Builders of Catawba Valley at (828) 695-4553 or email mburns@catawbacountync.gov. For information on all services offered by Family Builders of Catawba Valley, visit www.fostercatawba.com.