Youth Transitioning to Adulthood (YTA) client, Josh, is 19 years old and has recently come out to his friends and family as gay. As a wrap-up to Pride Month, I sat down with Josh and his case manager, Keaira Bonner, to talk about what it’s been like for Josh to celebrate pride by coming out. “I came out to Keaira … Continue
Want to improve a child’s future?To learn about case management career opportunities with SaintA, go to our Case Manager Job Listing.To become a foster parent, visit GrowHope.net.As a licensing specialist with several years of child welfare experience, Lisette Whittaker knows how important the present day is to the future of a child. That’s one reason she is so impressed by … Continue
What is Reason to Be?Reason to Be is one of SaintA’s Seven Essential Ingredients of Trauma Informed Care and is practiced by everyone from licensing and placement workers to case managers to administration.To learn about case management career opportunities with SaintA, go to our Case Manager Job Listing.To become a foster parent, visit GrowHope.net.It wasn’t that long ago that Jeremy … Continue
Care for Birth Parents as Well as ChildrenThe Sieglaffs have a knack for working with biological families. SaintA licensing staff and case managers play a role too.To learn about case management careeer opportunities with SaintA, go to our Case Manager Job Listing.To become a foster parent, visit GrowHope.net. Foster parents Nicole and Brittany Sieglaff currently have their hands full with … Continue
Want to Learn More About Stability for Foster Kids?Antuan’s team consists of case managers, licensing and placement specialists and of course, his foster family.To learn about case management careeer opportunities with SaintA, go to our Case Manager Job Listing.To become a foster parent, visit GrowHope.net.Throughout the month of May, we are publishing blog posts from SaintA staff who know our … Continue
Want to help kids stay safe?To learn about case management careeer opportunities with SaintA, go to our Case Manager Job Listing.To become a foster parent, visit GrowHope.net.People often wonder what makes a good foster parent and the answers can be complex. Hours of training, extreme commitment, and a good sense of humor are all must-haves. Foster parents attend training in … Continue
We recently told our foster parents about ABC-V, an innovative approach that allows foster parents to provide real-time coaching to bio families by being present during Family Time interactions.Thus far, nine SaintA caregivers have been trained in the ABC-V intervention model and are interested in joining this pilot once the time is right. Children placed in their home need to … Continue
Oftentimes, we go through our lives believing that the decisions we make, the actions we take and the beliefs we have – because they serve our own personal best interests – are independent of others’ trajectory through life’s processes. Other times, we purposefully choose to get involved, to help those we feel may not be as blessed as we are … Continue
I have been with SaintA since March 2015, facilitating family interactions between biological parents and their children. I also interact with foster parents, relatives and other family members on a consistent basis. My experience has led me to believe that foster parents have one of the most important jobs in the world in caring for children. I’d like to share … Continue
Imagine being a foster child ready to “age out” of the system and begin to live on your own. You may have little to no family support that you can rely on. Everything you’ve known prior to this is about to change. There will be no more visits with the social workers in your home to check on you and … Continue
I am very excited to share with you that SaintA has made the strategic decision to expand treatment foster care and case management services statewide. We are hiring additional staff in the western and central regions of the state to support our recruitment, licensing and case management efforts. As you might imagine, the demand for high-quality, trauma-informed treatment foster care … Continue
I’ve been a SaintA board member for 14 years. And since 1990, I have been the President and CEO of Home Care Medical, Inc., which provides home care products and services to people throughout southeastern Wisconsin, many with disabilities. John Teevan I’ve been a supporter of foster care and adoption for most of my adult life. I have two adult … Continue
When you have forever children and are called on to be foster parents, saying yes means more than putting your own heart on the line. It means asking your children to join you in a journey that can leave even the most healthy, well balanced adult feeling broken and bruised. My husband and I have adopted though the foster care … Continue
A group of co-workers and I recently attended the second bi-annual conference “Not for Sale,” Wisconsin’s Response to Human Trafficking. This two-day conference had presenters from across the country and from Mexico discussing the prominent issue of girls and boys, of all ages, being purchased for sex and options on how to support them outside of this way of life. … Continue
“Gratitude can transform common days into Thanksgiving, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” — William Arthur Ward A few months ago for our team meeting, we decided to do something a little different and went on a gratitude walk. It had been a stressful couple of months, with several workers on maternity leave, caseloads high … Continue
