Fostering Kinship

  • Valarie Edwards
Fostering Kinship

In 2009, deputies with Georgia’s Harris County sheriff’s office gave Adrian McLemore a choice: take immediate custody of his 3-year-old niece and 1-year-old nephew or they would go into foster care. The then 21-year old college student was warned a social worker was standing by to take the children. As an unlicensed care provider, McLemore […]

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Valarie Edwards

Valarie Edwards is the assistant editor for Fostering Families Today. She and her sisters spent nearly a dozen years in foster care. Inspired by her daughter’s volunteerism, Edwards is a CASA and believes in mentoring youth in care. Nominated for an Emmy and the recipient of numerous journalism awards, Edwards is an alum of UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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