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Commissioner urges residents to help with foster family shortage, cites 172 children in care
5796876 · September 3, 2025
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Summary
A commissioner said Rockingham County currently has 172 children in foster care and only 10 licensed foster families, and urged residents to contact DSS and attend an information event on Oct. 29 at Wentworth Park.
Rockingham County Commissioner Barrow on Sept. 2 urged residents to consider becoming foster parents, saying the county currently has 172 children in foster care and 10 licensed foster families.
"We are at the point where we're having to…
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