It is our objective to build families and put the best interests of the children in foster care at the center of our choices.
Foster parents, judges in juvenile court, court-appointed special advocates, parents, their lawyers, the child’s lawyers, and service providers are all partners with whom we constantly collaborate.
According to state law and regulation, children in our care must be placed with screened caregivers, preferably family members, especially siblings, who live nearby or in their hometowns.
If we could find a better choice in their hometown, it would be traumatizing to leave a kid far from their loved ones, and it would be illegal to place a child in our care with an unscreened, non-relative adult.
There are robust checks and balances in the system. Placement choices involving children in our care must ultimately be approved by a juvenile court judge.
Since their parents, guardians ad litem, and advocates active in the children’s life have the chance to provide input at every stage, we don’t make such decisions on our own.
The family is collecting money to honor A’Layah’s life as they get ready to bury her. You may make a donation here if you want to support them. The inquiry into this matter is still ongoing.
