Due to the significant number of children in urgent need of foster care placement, Lutheran Social Services of the South Inc. (LSS) is opening three new foster care offices in Texas to meet this increasing demand. LSS has staff in place to begin matching and training foster parents in Conroe, Texarkana, and the Bryan-College Station area.
LSS currently has 14 foster care offices throughout the state and cares for more than 850 foster children daily. “We are now in the process of establishing new addresses in these areas, and are determining where we can best locate our offices to serve the greatest number of available families,” said Sonya Thompson, senior vice president of Child and Family Services for LSS. “Right now we are holding foster care orientation meetings and making those in the areas aware that we can serve their placement needs immediately. We are also hoping to encourage anyone who has been thinking about fostering to call us for additional information and begin the screening and training process.”
Potential foster parents should call 877-747-8110 and ask for Terry Hernandez in Bryan-College Station; Kimberly Greene in Conroe; and Jeni Gannon in Texarkana, TX. According to Thompson, there is a particular need for foster parents who are able to work with teenagers, and provide homes for sibling groups and primary medical needs children.
Lutheran Social Services of the South is a multifaceted social services agency based in Austin that serves more than 45,000 people throughout Texas and Louisiana each year. Learn more about LSS’s award-winning foster care program at www.lsss.org.
LSS currently has 14 foster care offices throughout the state and cares for more than 850 foster children daily. “We are now in the process of establishing new addresses in these areas, and are determining where we can best locate our offices to serve the greatest number of available families,” said Sonya Thompson, senior vice president of Child and Family Services for LSS. “Right now we are holding foster care orientation meetings and making those in the areas aware that we can serve their placement needs immediately. We are also hoping to encourage anyone who has been thinking about fostering to call us for additional information and begin the screening and training process.”
Potential foster parents should call 877-747-8110 and ask for Terry Hernandez in Bryan-College Station; Kimberly Greene in Conroe; and Jeni Gannon in Texarkana, TX. According to Thompson, there is a particular need for foster parents who are able to work with teenagers, and provide homes for sibling groups and primary medical needs children.
Lutheran Social Services of the South is a multifaceted social services agency based in Austin that serves more than 45,000 people throughout Texas and Louisiana each year. Learn more about LSS’s award-winning foster care program at www.lsss.org.
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