SHREVEPORT, La. —The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services continued its Foster Care Community Listening Tour Friday with its fifth stop in Shreveport.
Foster caregivers, advocates, and community partners came together to share their experiences and challenges that foster children and caregivers face — and to help steer improvements to the child welfare system. The Shreveport session coincides with National Foster Care Month, a time dedicated to recognizing caregivers and the children who are waiting for homes.
The discussion focused on difficulties children face when they must live outside their homes and how the community can support those children. Foster homes provide children with stability and care. When reunification with the child’s parents is not possible, adoption can offer the safest path forward. Foster families partner with DCFS to help children move toward homes that are best suited to their needs…