b. The Foster Care system is designed to temporarily protect and nurture children whose parents are unable or unwilling to care for them. Those parents must become stronger, healthier and in a position to provide a safe loving home for their children. Sadly, however, too many children spend years in the system, moving from foster home to foster home, and from one school district to another. They may never feel stable or connected, lacking the family and community ties that are so critical to young individuals learning to make their own way in the
