Respite care program receives national attention
January 30, 2012
Wartburg College’s social work department was cited in the Winter 2012 issue of Adoptalk, the magazine of the North American Council on Adoptable Children, for its efforts in designing a respite-care program for foster parents.
Working with the Allison Area Foster Parent Support Group, the Wartburg College faculty and students implemented a pilot program in four counties that helped provide foster and adoptive parents with time off.
Third-year students completed background checks, interviewed applicants and wrote studies. Some students became certified respite caregivers to gain firsthand experience caring for youths in foster and adoptive homes.
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