Rural Nevada foster care subject of Carson City Soroptimist Program Luncheon Feb. 27
Carson City Soroptimist will feature Lori Nichols as speaker during its Program Meeting on Wednesday, February 27, 12-1 p.m. at Glen Eagles Restaurant. This meeting is open to the public, with prior reservations required. There is no charge to attend, however, a plated lunch with choice of entrees, selected in advance, is available for $16.
To reserve a seat, and select an entree, email sicarsoncity@gmail.com or leave a message at 775-297-4890. Reservations deadline is Monday, February 25 before 5 p.m.
Lori Nichols is a licensed social worker with the Division of Child and Family Services, and recruits foster homes for fifteen of the rural counties in Nevada. In a Nevada Public Radio interview last year, Nichols said that children in rural counties are separated from their families for the same reasons as in urban areas, but finding a home for them is much more difficult. They often cannot find a foster home in the same community, which means the child must go to a new community, which might be hundreds of miles away.
"Kids are traumatized when they come into foster care," Nichols said. "And they are even more so traumatized when they have to be taken away from a community that they're familiar with." To make matters worse, Nichols said it is like a domino effect around the state as kids are placed in different communities, then kids from that community who need help need to go someplace else. "It's just this vicious cycle that keeps going around rural Nevada," she said. "All these kids are placed in homes that are outside of their community."
Soroptimist International is a global volunteer organization working to improve the lives of women and girls through programs leading to social and economic empowerment. The Carson City club provides education and training scholarships for local women, grant funding for local organizations, and breast cancer screenings for under insured women. For more information about Soroptimist in Carson City, go to http://www.sicarsoncity.org.
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