by UMFS | May 21, 2021 | Articles, Foster Care, News
Shenika was 15 when she met her foster mother, Romania. Like most children in care, Shenika was nervous — skeptical, even — at the prospect of living with someone she barely knew. However, there was an energy and magnetism about Romania (pictured left) that Shenika...
by UMFS | May 13, 2021 | Articles, News
Children and teens in foster care deserve safe and loving homes, and safe and loving homes are exactly what the UMFS Treatment Foster Care (TFC) team in #UMFSNOVA provides for youth. “We have such diversity in our resource families,” said Laura Giunta, Regional...
by UMFS | Apr 27, 2021 | Articles, Foster Care, News
Sahra knows what it’s like to be at rock bottom. She was abandoned by her mother at a young age, and a few years later lost both her father and stepmother to drug addiction. At 16, Sahra gave birth to her first child. She was pregnant with her second child when she...
by UMFS | Mar 15, 2021 | Articles, News
While March has given way to warmer weather and longer days, it was just a few short weeks ago that back-to-back ice storms caused significant disruptions throughout Virginia. In the South Hill area, home to one of UMFS’ seven regional offices, many were threatened...
by UMFS | Mar 3, 2021 | Articles, News
Katie Moore is the UMFS Major Gifts and Campaign Manager at UMFS. She’s been with the organization for nearly nine years and currently is leading the Be a Champion Capital Campaign, which is helping fund a new residential treatment building in Richmond (pictured in...