Cullman County, Alabama Foster Care Event
Learn about this Alabama Foster Care Event
On a recent Saturday morning, around 100 current and prospective foster parents met in Christ Hall at St. John’s Evangelical Protestant Church for the Cullman County Department of Human Resources’ (DHR) first ever Foster Care Expo. While kids enjoyed inflatables, games and sidewalk chalk outside, families learned more about what it takes to be a foster parent.
Cullman County currently has 168 children and teens in foster care, with a total of only 47 foster homes. Many homes take in multiple children, but 39 percent of Cullman’s foster kids have to be housed in other counties due to a lack of places in Cullman County…
