Photo courtesy of the Victoria Advocate. Pictured are Jae, 4, left, and her sibling Jordan, 2. Both were fostered and adopted by Laura and John Gonzales.
One of our Foster In Texas (FIT) families was featured this week on the front page of the Victoria Advocate. Laura and John Gonzales of Victoria currently have eight children living in their home (four biological, three adopted former foster children, and one foster child ) and are in the process of expanding their home to accommodate more children in need.
The Gonzales family is more than willing to take in as many children as they can, but the reality is that many children in the “Crossroads” (as the Victoria area is nicknamed) must be placed out of the area once removed from their homes by Child Protective Services.
This article does a good job of pointing out the urgency of recruiting quality foster families, a situation that is unfortunately repeated all over the state. Particularly critical is the need for parents who will foster medically fragile children, teenagers, and sibling groups, as our Victoria office Area Director Crystal Laslie points out.
We treasure our foster families like Laura and John Gonzales, as you’ll understand when you read the story here.
