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  • May is National Foster Care Awareness Month


    As a member of the University community, you have an opportunity to positively impact the life of children in our state needing a home.  You can enrich your life, and the life of a child by becoming a foster parent.

    State Comptroller Kevin Lembo, in collaboration with the state Department of Children and Families (DCF),  is pleased to announce that May is National Foster Care Awareness Month.

    Please click here to read Kevin’s message to you.   

    For more information about DCF’s foster care program, please visit: www.ctfosteradopt.com.

    To inquire with additional questions and schedule an Open House (informational session), please call 1-888-KID-HERO or email Jacqueline Ford, DCF’s Statewide Foster Care Recruitment and Retention Specialist, at jacqueline.ford@ct.gov.

    For more information, contact: Susan Matthews at susan.matthews@uconn.edu