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Foster Parent Recruitment March 26

Children from
Bristol, Newport, Smithfield, Providence, Other Areas Need Homes



Foster Parent
Recruitment Event March 26



Family
Service of Rhode Island has a waiting list of children needing loving
homes.  These boys and girls may have been removed from their families due
to physical abuse, parent drug and alcohol abuse, neglect or other
issues. 

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The
youngsters on the current list are from Bristol, Coventry, Cumberland,
Narragansett, Newport, Providence, Smithfield, Warwick, Warren, and
Woonsocket.  The children range between 11 and 18 years old.



To
help find these youngsters homes, Family Service of Rhode Island is holding an
information open house for anyone, from any part of the state, interested in
becoming a foster parent on Wednesday, March 26, 5 to 7 p.m. in the agency’s
offices at 134 Thurbers Avenue, Providence, moments off Route 95.

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Weekly
payment to foster parents help to support the placement of the child, and
Family Service of Rhode Island provides on-call support twenty-four hours a
day, seven days a week, including holidays.



For
more information on how you can change a child’s life, contact Greg Wright at
401-331-1350 ext. 3305, wrightgr@familyserviceri.org,
or visit www.familyserviceri.org.  To fill out an online inquiry form click http://tinyurl.com/8r3mv8z



Family Service of RI is a statewide
non-profit human service and educational organization. 



 

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