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Latino foster family recruitment on docket for 2018
Advocates look to fill growing need
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Judge Joe Diaz in his office at the Hall County Courthouse in Gainesville, on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017. Judge Diaz is spearheading initiatives to expand the amount of Latino and Spanish-speaking families in the foster care system to help the growing number of children in the demographic. - photo by David Barnes
Recruiting more families into the Hall County foster care system is a never-ending pursuit. There really can’t be enough. But sheer quantity is not the only standard by which advocates and providers measure the robustness of the local foster care network.