From Washoe County:
Washoe County Social Services reports 930 children in Washoe County need a place to call home and a family of their own. Washoe County is in need of strong, loving foster parents who can care for children anywhere from birth to 18-years-old and provide them with stability and nurturing.
Washoe County Social Services is inviting the public to a foster care orientation at the Evelyn Mount Northeast Community Center Saturday, June 18, at 2 p.m. This is an opportunity for people interested in becoming foster parents to learn more about the process.
“We are so happy to see an increase in number of families stepping up to adopt through foster care, but what we really need right now is strong, loving foster parents who can care for these children when they need it most,” said Washoe County Foster Care Placement, Recruitment and Training Supervisor Mikie Franklin.
What: Washoe County Child Protective Services foster care orientation
Where: Evelyn Mount Northeast Community Center at 1301 Valley Rd., Reno
When: Saturday, June 18, 2016, from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
For more information, go to Washoe County Foster Care or call 775-337-4470.
From Washoe County.
