Meet Family Works foster parents Laura and Jeff. They live in the Stevens Point area and have been doing foster care with Family Works for roughly five and a half years. Getting Started Prior to getting licensed with Family Works, Laura and Jeff were involved with kinship care for their niece, who they now have […]

  Meet Family Works foster family Pam and Bill. They live in the Colby area and have been doing foster care with Family Works for almost 7 years. Prior to being licensed, Pam and Bill were approved to do respite for several months prior to being officially licensed. Respite is when a child that is […]

Meet Family Works foster parents, Ralph and Robin, from Eau Claire, WI. They have six biological children, two foster children, two dogs and three cats. Both Ralph and Robin are nurses, and they foster children with complex medical needs. Making the move to becoming foster parents In 2020, a young boy with medical issues needed […]

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 […]

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 […]

  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 […]

Meet Family Works Foster Parent Lisa! Lisa is a single foster mother in the Platteville area. Lisa notes she was always drawn to children and animals. But she did not start out to be a foster parent… The Journey Begins Lisa married her teenage sweetheart; Gary and they had four children together. Eventually Lisa started […]

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 […]

Meet Family Works Foster Parents Mary Kay and Tom. They live in the Appleton area and have been doing foster care for 25 years! They have been with Family Works for the last seven years. Getting started Mary Kay and Tom considered fostering all those years ago because a friend’s nephew needed a place to […]

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 […]