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Why do foster parents need respite care?

April 26, 2017Foster Parents Respite

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Why do foster parents need respite care?

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I take (took) care of my kids without respite. There is a crisis shortage of foster families. On average, foster parents quit after 11 MONTHS. The most recent research (2003) shows that if foster parents receive community support (volunteer respite care, for example) they stay foster parents twice as long as the average or almost two years instead of less than ONE.