LUBBOCK, Texas — Some experts said Lubbock is known to not have enough available foster homes for the number of kids in foster care. As those kids become teenagers, the experts said, it becomes even more difficult for them to find foster homes.
On Tuesday, Texas Family Initiative said there are 54 teenagers in foster care in Lubbock – and only 3 are placed inside the county. That means all others – nearly 95 percent – have to make a long drive or even take a flight in order to visit their biological families.
“Most of them will tell you, ‘I used to take care of my siblings, and now you are taking care of me,’” said foster parent Corinna Bryant.
Mrs. Bryant and her husband David are in their tenth year of being a foster parents. They live in Denver City — a small town over an hour away from Lubbock.
Read the full article on everythinglubbock.com, published September 29, 2020.
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