KidsPeace names Richmond couple Maine parents of year

KidsPeace in Portland has named Laurie and Chris Tomascik of Richmond its 2022 Maine Foster Mother and father of the Yr, in keeping with a information launch from the group.

The couple have been chosen by KidsPeace Foster Care’s Maine state management after being nominated by Stevie Bonnevie, a household useful resource specialist within the group’s South Portland foster care workplace. In her nomination, Bonnevie famous that the Tomasciks have been licensed foster dad and mom since 2012 — and have been with KidsPeace all that point.

The Tomasciks present therapeutic foster care providers to the kids they foster. Therapeutic foster care is designed for kids with vital psychological and behavioral well being challenges.

The Tomasciks have fostered 9 kids — together with their first therapeutic foster care youngster, who they later adopted.

“What I’d say to somebody contemplating foster parenting is, ‘It’s not all a mattress of roses, you realize? There are a lot of positives and lots of negatives, however don’t get discouraged. You simply have to recollect why you’re doing it. It’s all for the children,’” mentioned Chris Tomascik.

On account of being named dad and mom of the 12 months, the Tomasciks might be thought-about for recognition because the group’s Nationwide Foster Mother and father of the Yr. That choice might be introduced throughout KidsPeace’s first-ever Nationwide Digital Foster Care Convention, scheduled for Saturday, Might 21.

For 140 years, KidsPeace has been constructing on its experience to provide hope, assist and therapeutic to kids, adults and those that love them. By its complete vary of residential therapy applications, accredited instructional providers, distinctive psychiatric hospital and foster care and community-based applications, KidsPeace is devoted to serving to folks join, remodel and overcome their challenges to make sure a secure future, transition to maturity and achieve independence.

Since its doorways opened, practically 300,000 kids have participated in one of many multitude of applications KidsPeace presents.

For extra data, go to kidspeace.org.

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