Foster Care Consultations
Interested in Foster Care? Call us today at 859-254-1035 to schedule a one on one Information session. We can come to your home or you can come to us. Either way, we are happy to meet with you and your family to give you more information about how Foster Care at KVC works.
Children grow best in strong, healthy families
The Mission of KVC is to provide outstanding mental health services, professional development and educational opportunities for our clients, their families and our community partners. We also seek to foster a professional, challenging and respectful environment for our employees.
Reaching out in Kentucky
We extend a nurturing hand to children and families across Fayette County and in the surrounding 16-county region. Our recent expansion into foster family care will allow us to increase services in the Eastern Mountain area of the state, as well as Louisa, Kentucky.
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Our Everyday Heroes program gives back to KVC's compassionate foster parents who have already given so much. This no-hassle, ongoing support answers the needs of everyday life.
Everyday Heroes help KVC provide families a diverse canopy of care to keep them safe, keep them strong and keep them together...
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Spotlight On Providers!
Julie Vose Spittler, CSW, Diversion Specialist Fayette County
1)What drew you towards working with children and families? What motivates you in your work?
I have always known I wanted to work with children, but it was through my schooling and clinical experience that I learned that you don't just work with children if you want to make meaningful progress, you work with the family and as many of the child's supports as possible! I am motivated the most at the end of every day, which seems counterintuitive, but it is when I reflect back on all my interactions with the families and community partners that I pick out the gems, the small moments that make me think, "Ah, yes, I made a difference in that second." It is the unknown ripple effect of those small moments, those gems, that keeps me going and inspired!
2) What kind of evidenced based practices do you like to use in your work and why?
CARE Skills! There is nothing more exciting than teaching a caregiver concrete skills and then watching how much more positive their interactions are with their children when those new tools are put into action. This is often the initial change or spark that allows progress in improving those relationships.
3) Describe one of your success stories or a time when you really helped a child or a family.
When I think about the children and families we work with I can get overwhelmed by all the issues that might get in the way of them making gains toward the goals they have identified; issues like money, stress, work, no work, children, parents, on and on. And when I reflect on our time together at the end of treatment it sometimes feels like there is so much more progress to make! Did I help enough? Did I help at all? Yes and yes. With every family I know that I treat them with respect and integrity. I have a great team behind me that holds me accountable to my families and makes sure I remember that every case, every interaction, every day, is my chance to make that small ripple of change.
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