Kim Vehon, Creating Foster Arizona and Action Steps for Improving your Community
LFPWLI: Kim Vehon, Creating Foster Arizona and Action Steps for Improving your Community
In this episode, Mathew, and Kim discuss what led her to create Foster Arizona, the importance of sharing personal stories, and how she is working to destigmatize the foster system and set children up for success. We also hear from Percy and Zach about their experiences in the foster system, what led them to Foster Arizona, and the things they are learning there that are changing their lives.
Kim Vehon is a foster parent herself who Foster Arizona to secure the space and funds needed to keep helping children when her house ran out of space. She is working with kids who are aging out of the system to develop practical skills and create connections in a safe place.
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In this episode, you'll hear:
How investing in foster children improves the community at large
The challenges foster children and family face and how FA is helping them
Mathews D.E.T.A.I.L.S. of success
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