Our Foster Family Profiles

Feature Foster Family: Samantha April 19, 2024 | Written By Family Works

Meet Family Works Foster Parent Samantha Samantha lives in the Wonewoc area and has been doing foster care with Family Works for the last 2 years. Prior to becoming a licensed foster parent, Samantha provided respite care for a few months for other foster parents with Family Works. Respite is when a child that is […]

Feature Foster Family: Sara & Andy April 19, 2024 | Written By Family Works

Meet Family Works foster parents Sara and Andy. They live in the Pittsville area and have been doing foster care with Family Works for the last 6 years. Prior to becoming licensed foster parents, Sara and Andy provided respite care for other foster parents with Family Works. Respite providers give much needed breaks to foster […]

Featured Foster Family: Tiffany November 1, 2023 | Written By Family Works

  Meet Family Works Foster Parent Tiffany! Tiffany lives in the Milwaukee area, and she has been a foster parent for over 20 years. How her journey began  Tiffany has always loved children. As a teenager, she kept busy babysitting and teaching Sunday school for younger children. Her Aunt was a long-time foster parent, and […]

Featured Foster Family: Heather August 30, 2021 | Written By Family Works

Meet Family Works Foster Parent Heather! Heather is a single foster mother in the Eau Claire area. She and her family have been in the “kid business” for some time.  There Were Always Children Around… Heather shares that her family has been helping children and young people for as long as she can remember. There […]

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Featured Foster Family: Rick April 17, 2021 | Written By Family Works

Meet our foster parent, Rick. He and his crew of teenage boys live in western Wisconsin, near LaCrosse. There’s never a dull moment at their house as they stay busy camping, fishing, hiking and golfing. Rick has always been drawn to the world of helping others. As a young child, Rick’s mom passed away, and […]

Matt and Kristi with family
Featured Foster Family: Kristi and Matt February 26, 2021 | Written By Family Works

Meet Kristi and Matt, a foster family in the Eau Claire region. When the family isn’t busy keeping up with their adopted, biological and foster children, they enjoy spending time at their lake house and taking road trips across the United States.   You’ll find with foster families that “family” is an always expanding definition. […]

Gary and Leann
Featured Foster Family: Gary and LeAnn October 16, 2020 | Written By Family Works

Meet foster parents, Gary and LeAnn. They are passionate about foster care and especially love caring for teenage girls. They’re a unique family made up of 3 generations of foster parents (LeAnn’s parents and their adult daughter and son-in-law have all fostered!)   At the age of 50, LeAnn had to suddenly retire from a […]