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VTDigger is excited to work with Vermont Care Partners to promote the much-needed services of its sixteen respective member agencies which, includes NCSS. They also understand how important it is for our elected officials to know how to support the needs of Vermonters.
This thirteen-week series is a collaboration produced by members of the Vermont Care Partners statewide network of sixteen non-profit, community-based agencies providing mental health, substance use and intellectual and developmental disability support.
Below is the fourth installment of the series from Lamoille County Mental Health Services (LCMHS) an inspiring story about overcoming challenges and how community collaboration supported Shelby and her foster family.
Supporting Shelby: Family and Community Collaboration
Shelby and Dawson Stephanie had just gotten her foster parent license through the Vermont Department for Children and Families (DCF) when she received a phone call that would change her family’s life and the life of a little girl named Shelby. Stephanie and her husband, Adam, had been foster parents, but had taken a break to have their own child, Dawson, who was now eight years old. They decided it was time to open their home to other children in need again. Stephanie got a call from a Special Educator who knew the family because their daughters had been good friends since pre-school. Read more…
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