We KNOW it is possible, and envision a Tennessee where:
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No child is aging out of foster care without a family, or a community of support around them.
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Every single foster family feels the wrap around support of their community- from meeting their tangible needs to their own employers and local businesses supporting their journey.
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Social workers are thriving and less burned out because they have so many community resources to lean on to help the kids and families they oversee.
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MORE THAN ENOUGH foster families are available, at any given time, to take in teens and sibling sets.
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The need for foster families decreases because communities have done such a great job wrapping around birth and kinship families to prevent many children from entering care.
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Every child has a home and a sense of BELONGING.
