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"Fostering Hope:
A Call to Care"

New Film Profiles People ‘Fostering Hope’ for Georgia’s Youth

"Somebody’s got to step up and be there for these children," says Macon resident and foster parent Rebecca Williams in the new film, Fostering Hope: A Call to Care. The retired mother and her husband Haywood Williams are two of the many Georgians profiled in the production that is intended to raise awareness of the significant need for foster and adoptive parents in Georgia. The program is part of a drive begun by Georgia’s First Lady Mary Perdue to improve the foster care system and increase individual and corporate participation in foster care and adoptive initiatives.

Visit the Fostering Hope web site
for more information:
www.fosteringhope.info

"This film profiles some of the many heroes who are making a difference in the lives of Georgia’s abused and neglected children," First Lady Mary Perdue says. "The love and commitment demonstrated by these parents and volunteers is an example to others of just what can be accomplished when we are willing to give of ourselves to help our children."

Georgia has more than 16,000 children in state custody, with more than 9,000 being cared for by individual foster families. These are children who have been removed from their homes by the court system as a result of severe abuse, neglect, or abandonment. There is a desperate need for additional foster care families and adoptive parents to meet the rising demand of children entering the system.

Fostering Hope also details some of the many ways corporations and individuals are working together to provide needed resources and support for the foster care community. "During the production of this film, I met so many inspiring, caring people that are giving so much to help these children," said the film’s producer and director Dan Johnson. "Whether it was a DFCS investigator, a foster or adoptive parent, or just a volunteer, they all said the same thing, that they ‘had a calling’ on their life to serve in this way. To me, that was extraordinary."

"You can’t watch this film and not realize that there is something you can do to support the system," Johnson continued. "We all have a responsibility to serve the foster care system. These children are innocent victims of terrible circumstances and if we don’t help them now, then the cycle of abuse and neglect is just going to worsen."

Fostering Hope is a presentation of Georgia’s Children and Youth Coordinating Council, The Department of Human Resources, in association with The First Lady’s Children’s Cabinet. The program premiered on statewide television on the Georgia Public Broadcasting Network on Monday, November 29th at 7:00 PM. For more information on how you can get involved in foster care and adoption, visit www.FosteringHope.info or call toll-free 1-877-210-KIDS.


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