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Delaware County proclaims May 2025 Foster Care Appreciation Month
Summary
The Delaware County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved Resolution 25-359 recognizing May 2025 as Foster Care Appreciation Month and heard program staff describe local foster, kinship and adoption statistics.
The Delaware County Board of Commissioners on the approval of Resolution 25-359 recognized May 2025 as Foster Care Appreciation Month in Delaware County and read a proclamation honoring foster parents and kinship caregivers.
The resolution highlights local foster care efforts during a brief presentation by Job and Family Services staff. Bob Anderson, with Delaware County Job and Family Services, told the commissioners, “During the month of May, we honor and celebrate our foster parents, their selfless acts, and the kinship providers for providing guidance, mentorship, supporting families,” and thanked foster parents for keeping children in-county when possible.
Lynn Stacy, Department of Job and Family Services foster care staff member, provided statistics the board used as context for the proclamation: “We currently have 18 foster-to-adopt licensed homes through Delaware County, 2 adopt-only homes, and we have 1 home study in process,” Stacy said. She said the county currently has 12 children in care, six placed in county homes, about 25 children in kinship placements across Ohio and four youth in permanent custody; three of those in permanent custody have been matched with adoptive families and are “hopefully [to be] adopted by September of this year.”
Stacy described one youth identified by staff as “Dante,” who has been in care about three years and is on the autism spectrum; she said Dante will be 19 in September and has recently received school awards. Jeff Sell, Protective Services Administrator, said staff provide guidance and case management to foster families and assessors who work directly with placements.
Commissioners praised foster families and county staff during the discussion before the vote. The board voted unanimously to approve Resolution 25-359; the roll-call recorded Commissioners Merrill, Benton and President Barb Lewis voting “Aye.” After the vote, Ken Curtis read the proclamation and the board took a photograph with attendees.
The proclamation emphasizes the role of parents, kinship caregivers, foster families, facility staff and community members in the reunification and permanency process for children in care.
