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Videos Jun 04, 2013

Learn why I started fostering and what inspires me to continue

Paulette Drankiewicz, Foster Parent Liason Jun 04, 2013

 

Our fostering story started unlike most others. My husband and I have fostered for seven years and every day we are inspired by seeing kids go back home and into the arms of their parents. Watch this video to learn what inspires us to continue fostering.

At any given time, as many as 7,000 children are in foster care in Wisconsin. As the largest provider of foster care programming in the state, Children’s Wisconsin offers high levels of support to foster and adoptive families.  View more articles from Paulette Drankiewicz

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