Fostering Idaho
Our mission is to build a responsive, educated and stable foster care community of families that can meet a variety of needs. We recruit and support safe, nurturing, trauma-informed resource parents. These resource parents include foster, kinship, respite and adoptive caregivers. We are dedicated to provide effective support, training and resources to caregivers and the children in their care.
Vision
To foster* healthy families and healthy communities!
To fulfill our vision we will:
- Encourage partnerships, collaboration, and integration of services to provide a "best-practice" service delivery system for all children and families and the people who support them.
- Provide context related training.
- Provide a context where social work students are prepared to accept leadership positions, implement strengths-focused interventions, and collaborate with agencies and community partners in public welfare practice.
*Fos-ter(fos'ster): v. 1) To bring up; nurture 2) To cultivate and encourage - adj. 3) Giving or receiving parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
Core Values
- FOSTER dignity
- RESPECT diversity
- HONOR experience
- SERVE with integrity
- SUPPORT with compassion
We have
153
Employees throughout Idaho
We held
80
Information Meetings last year
We held
48
Pre-Service Trainings last year
We provided
71
Continuing education opportunities last year
Our Staff
Camille Rigby
Recruitment Coordinator
East Hub, Region 6,Region 7
208-390-0364
crigby@ewu.edu
Heidi Belt
Recruitment Coordinator
, Region 3
208-215-6064
hbelt@ewu.edu
Margaret Zysk
Recruitment Coordinator
North Hub, Region 2
208-770-0208
mzysk@ewu.edu
Mishaela "Shae" Mouchett
Recruitment Coordinator
North Hub, Region 1
(208) 446-3107
mmouchett@ewu.edu
Monique Layton
Recruitment Coordinator
West Hub, Region 4
208-249-0180
mlayton4@ewu.edu
Susan Baca
Recruitment Coordinator
East Hub, Region 5
208-734-4435
sbaca@mvyas.org
Careers
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