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Centre County proclaims May Foster Care Awareness Month; foster parents describe keeping sibling groups together
Summary
The board adopted Proclamation No. 22 of 2025 recognizing May as Foster Care Awareness Month. Foster parents Ben and Maggie Lee and county staff described challenges and supports for foster families and emphasized a local need for families willing to take school‑age children and sibling groups.
The Centre County Board of Commissioners adopted Proclamation No. 22 of 2025, designating May 2025 as Foster Care Awareness Month and hearing testimony from local foster parents about the county’s need for more homes for sibling groups and school‑age children.
Ben and Maggie Lee, who identified themselves as a foster family living in Centre County, described having hosted seven children through foster care and said keeping siblings together has been…
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