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Need For Foster Homes In Mass.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- The Home for Little Wanderers serves children from birth to 22 years old, people to 22 years old in a lot of different ways, foster care, behavioral health issues, special education.
Let's just talk broadly for a second after this year where are the home services needed the most?
- Well as you and I discussed last year we were mightily concerned about what the impact would be on all children, but certainly the vulnerable children that are served by the Home for Little Wanderers.
We are seeing greater need.
We know the need is out there and particularly as we sort of get back to the new normal where kids are back out in the places where they're visible, in school, afterschool programs, we know that the need will be there.
And we're certainly seeing that in our foster care program for example, we've seen an increase of referrals to our foster care program, that's true across the state, certainly in April and May.
And we don't have enough homes right now to be able to meet that need.

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