With about 30,000 children across Texas in foster care – and 8,000 in Harris County alone – Texas Children’s Foster Care Clinic has played an important role in supporting and caring for this particularly vulnerable population since it opened in 2017.
“In collaboration with our physicians, nurse practitioners, social workers, and many other partners, we are able to support our foster families with medical and mental health assessments, care coordination, and assessments for signs of abuse/neglect,” wrote Dr. Rachael Keefe in a blog post recently featured on Texas Children’s website.
The post also includes a testimonial from Diane Kaulen, a senior community initiative coordinator for Public Health Pediatrics at Texas Children’s, who shares what inspired her family to open their home to a child who didn’t have a family.
“Every day, I have two goals with my son,” Kaulen said. “Did I do the best I could to make a connection with him, and did I continue to show up for him? No matter how challenging the day is, if I can say yes to those two questions, I feel like I did my best for him, for my other children, my family and myself.”
For more on our Foster Care Clinic, check out the blog.