Gila COunty
YOUR COMMUNITY NEEDS YOU!
Help Your Local Foster Children!
ABOUT US
T.H.F.C is a high school group advertising for foster care. T.H.F.C stands for Teens Helping Foster Care.
We are a newly founded organization in our community where teenagers are looking for ways to help the younger kids through this tough time. Because most of us are too young to actually foster ourselves, we look for other ways to get kids homes. We try to be a good role model for them and always look for ways to make life a little easier for our local children.
The Foster Kids in Your Community Need You!
The Foster children in your community are scrambling to find homes and are being bounced around from house to house with no stable environment. They feel unloved and not wanted. we as a community need to make a change.
Here in Gila County, we have about 40 foster children but only 14 foster parents. (This is a fluctuating number).
They cannot possibly fit 40 children into 14 homes so these kids are responsible to figure out where they need to go. They are begging anyone to welcome them into their homes for even a week, constantly asking teachers, friends, and priests of churches to let them stay in their homes.
If they can’t find anyone to help them then these children will be sent to Phoenix AZ into a group home. In this group home, they don’t know anyone and are scared. They are going to a completely different school, are adjusting to a completely different environment, and have nobody to lean on.
The Problem
We have about 40 foster children but only 14 foster parents.
What can you as an adult do?
1. Foster! Obviously, we’re in dire need of foster parents. We absolutely need these kids to feel safe and secure in a stable environment. This will reduce the amount of teen trouble when they get into their later years. If you have any questions about wanting to become a foster parent, email or go to our local Department of Child Saftey.
2. Advertize, If you are in a situation where you might not be able to foster but still want to help, then advertising is the way to go. When you go to work, mention it to your coworkers and show them THIS website, post it on your social media, and just simply talking to the people around you might change a child’s life forever.
How can you as a teen get involved?
1. Join T.H.F.C! Contact teenshelpingfostercare@gmail.com We would love to have you join our team. We are always looking for more members to help this crisis within our community.
2. Social Media. If our a teenager there is a high chance you’re on social media. Help us advertise by posting on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or even Snap Chat. The more people that know about our community crisis, the more lives we can change for the better.
3. Talk to your peers. If your classmates or friends don’t know about T.H.F.C, TELL THEM. Word of mouth is still very valuable nowadays. If you might not be able to become involved but maybe your friend, neighbor, or classmate might be able to help; they just don’t know about it yet.
4. Talk to your parents. Maybe your parents might be able to consider fostering a child. You could be the coolest new role model to a new foster brother/sister.
Our Solution
The more we promote, the better off for these kids in our community!
Local Success Stories
“Having kids for my husband and I was always on our list of must-haves. But after I miscarried at 20 weeks after years and years of trying every known fertility option out on the market…shots, pills, IV, egg donor, you name it we did it, was the most devastating day of our lives. Doctors told us to try again, but setting yourself up for that type of heartache was not one we were willing to put ourselves through. We knew we wanted kids so we decided to foster and became licensed January of 2017.
We first got a 14-year-old girl and then her little 7-year-old brother a couple of months later. That was 3 years ago. The older sister is still with us in foster care because she did not want us to adopt her, but we adopted her little brother in July. That day in July was one of the happiest days of our lives. He makes us so happy and he keeps us young. I made a snow angel the other day with him while we were going to cut our Christmas tree down. It was so cold, snow everywhere but it was so fun! I am sure my friends haven’t made a snow angel in years!
If you would have told me at age 51 that I would have a 10-year old I would have laughed at you and called you crazy but it’s the greatest thing we have ever done. We are thinking about fostering more kids, younger ones than our son so that he can be a positive mentor and inspiration to them. I would take 20 kids if I could because no child deserves a life of abuse. Hopefully, someone that reads this will want to open their house and heart to a child in need. Believe me, if we can do it, so can you.”
– Mrs. T
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Important information!
Even though we keep this website as updated and accurate as possible, we are NOT DCS. We are not responsible for any miss interpretations of DCS. If you would like more information please go to the official Arizona DCS website.