LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Clark County continues to call on Spanish-speaking residents to open their hearts and their homes to children in foster care.
Clark County explained that many of these children come from Hispanic backgrounds and benefit from staying connected to their culture.
“There are approximately 30% of children in foster care who are Hispanic, and it’s very important to have these foster care information sessions in Spanish,” said family services specialist Jessica Cortez. “We need more Hispanic foster caregivers.”
To make the process easier, Clark County offers these sessions monthly, where potential foster parents can get started- fingerprinting, background checks, and even ID requirements are handled on-site.
“You could be over the age of 21, there’s no age limit, you could be a single individual, you could be married, you could be divorced, you can rent or own any property, apartment, and mobile home,” Cortez explained.
For Yesenia Jimenez, fostering started as a personal journey after a long struggle with infertility, but it became something bigger – an act of love and service.
“I truly recommend becoming a foster parent,” Jimenez said in Spanish. “People always say you’ll change a child’s life, but in my case, they changed mine for the better.”
She and other parents in attendance said, what Hispanic foster children need most is someone who understands where they come from.
“I know there is a little empty space in your home that you can fill with a child in need of a home, in need of a space that’s theirs, in need of a blanket and a bed to sleep in,” said Candy, a foster parent in attendance.
Both Candy and Yesenia said language is a major barrier for Hispanic children in foster care and that even something as simple as a conversation in Spanish can bring comfort.
“I call on the Hispanic community and everyone in general, there is so many kids who are in need of a loving home and I beg you, if you have a little space in your heart please give them a home,” Jimenez said.
The next Spanish-language session will be held on July 10 at Child Haven.
For more information or to register, visit the Clark County foster website.
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