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Mecklenburg County official urges residents to become foster parents
Summary
A Mecklenburg County agency official said the county needs more foster parents and highlighted county support and the personal rewards of fostering children who enter the system.
An agency official for Mecklenburg County urged residents to consider becoming foster parents, saying the county is seeing children enter the foster system daily and needs more homes. "We definitely need foster parents because we have children coming into the system every day," the official said.
The official said the county provides support to caregivers: "We at Mecklenburg County are here to support our foster parents along the way. There's a community there around you." The comment framed county assistance as ongoing and communal rather than leaving new foster parents to navigate the process alone.
Speaking from personal experience, the official described fostering as rewarding. "Being a foster parent has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. Seeing the kids go on to be successful, it makes it worthwhile because everything you did got that child to where they're supposed to be," the official said, urging residents to weigh both the challenges and the potential long-term benefits to children.
The remarks focused on recruitment and support; no new policy changes, funding figures, or formal motions were announced during the remarks. The county official emphasized personal testimony and outreach as the primary means to attract new foster families.
