Learn to be a Foster Parent at Open Arms Awareness Day

Have you ever considered becoming a foster parent? What does it take? What do you have to know? Can anyone be a foster parent? What's it really like? All of these questions will be answered at Open Arms Awareness Day on Saturday, June 6 from 10am-5pm in the Gertrude Scott Meeting Room at the Loveland Public Library, 300 N Adams Avenue in Loveland.

This is an event to draw awareness about the growing need for foster homes in Larimer County. Open Arms Day will also provide a venue for future foster parents to gain access to resources to assist them and the youth they foster. The free event is In partnership with the Larimer County Department of Human Services and other amazing non-profit resources from around the county.

The Goal

Today, Larimer County Department of Human Services has approximately 42 certified foster homes (non- relative) to care for children and youth of our communities. That is not enough. The goal is to increase the number of loving homes in our communities for our at risk youth in Larimer County.