Garfield County to no longer manage local foster care system, transitions foster homes to private agency

Garfield County to no longer manage local foster care system, transitions foster homes to private agency

After decades of managing the local foster care system, Garfield County is stepping back and transitioning local foster homes to private foster care licensing and child placement agencies. Child, Family and Adult Services Division Manager Sheila Strouse said the shift began when Hope and Home — Colorado’s largest foster care agency — approached the county over the summer about becoming a provider. “We weren’t thinking about it at all. We always …