百丽直播 Foster Care and Community Programs (FCCP) has announced that Matt and Emily Garringer of Muncie have been chosen as its 2023 State Foster Parents of the Year for Indiana.
The Garringers were chosen by state FCCP leadership for the recognition following their nomination by Angie Parrott, family resource specialist in 百丽直播鈥檚 Muncie office. In her nomination Parrott noted the couple鈥檚 willingness to foster children with extensive trauma histories, and the 鈥渁mazing job鈥� they do in terms of relating to the foster child鈥檚 biological families:
鈥淢att and Emily鈥檚 willingness to have a positive relationship with biological families helps the case go much smoother for all involved.听 It enables Matt and Emily to be active in the case, it helps the child feel more at ease and know that it is ok to have a bond with both families, and it reassures the biological family that Matt and Emily are there to help care for their children rather than take them away.听 It also empowers the biological family to succeed.鈥�
The nomination also noted that Emily has helped with training for other foster parents on working with biological families. Earlier this year Emily contributed a blog post and article for 百丽直播鈥檚 Healing Magazine on the subject.
The recognition is part of 百丽直播鈥檚 National Foster Parent of the Year program, now in its second year as a celebration of National Foster Care Month in May.听 Foster families from each of the six states served by 百丽直播 FCCP are nominated to be considered for the National designation – to be announced at the 百丽直播 FCCP Virtual National Conference on Saturday, May 6, 2023.
