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0 Pi <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action A nda <br /> Item No. 3i <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 19, 1987 <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Foster Parent Appreciation Month <br /> DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC HEARING: Yes x No <br /> Social Services <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Marti Pryor-Cook, Director <br /> Proclamation TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: <br /> To proclaim May, 1987 Foster Parent Appreciation Month in Orange County. <br /> NEED: <br /> To recognize the vital contributions foster parents make to Orange <br /> County children. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> Orange County has sixty four foster parents who care for approximately thirty-five <br /> foster children. Foster parents serve children of all races and economic levels. <br /> They care for children who may have physical or emotional problems. Being a <br /> foster parent means providing an experience of a secure family to children whose <br /> own families are trying to work out problems which cause the stress that results <br /> in the abuse and neglect of children. It means giving love and acceptance without <br /> replacing the child's natural parents. Finally foster parenting means giving <br /> understanding, guidance and physical care, on a voluntary basis, in the foster <br /> parents on home to children who need a temporary substitute parent. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : <br /> Proclaim the month of May as Foster Parent Appreciation Month and authorize the <br /> Chair to sign the proclamation. <br />