"Fostering the future"

"I love my community, my state and my country.  But there are the injustices. For example, children in foster care and the professionals who care and nurture them, deserve far better treatment than what they are getting now. We desperately need a change of climate and culture in our foster care system,” says Jamie Beletz, Chairman of the Gateways Foundation for Youth and Families and Region 5 board member of the Foster Parents Association of Washington State. "At least here I can make a real difference in the lives of childre

Kitsap Foster Care Association (KFCA) is a non-profit organization formed in 1991. We are dedicated to the foster care system, foster parents and foster children living in Kitsap County Washington. Our membership is strictly voluntary and is made up of foster parents licensed by the State of Washington and other local, private, agencies. We exist to support foster families with first time placements as well as seasoned foster parents.

Mike and Beth started as house parents in a group home for up to 10 severely emotionally and mentally disturbed adolescent boys on March 3rd 1983. While at the group home, in cooperation with DCFS, they developed their foster home to work with those youth stuck in the group care system. Their home has developed to where DCFS can place the child who would typically bounce between 25-50 homes before coming to them. In 1989 Mike started working as a Child and Family therapist and is now a Master Trainer and Consultant for the State’s Aggression Replacement Training Program.