Foster Friendly app brings support to foster families
Nov. 17—A new app aims to provide local businesses and churches with a direct means of offering support to foster parents, who care for some of the most vulnerable children in any community.
The nonprofit Georgia Kids Belong recently launched the Foster Friendly app statewide to bring together for foster families a network of support from businesses and churches.
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