Felipe Aguilar talks with Jesse Boohar, Chief Operations Officer, DePelchin Children’s Center, about the foster care challenges in San Antonio and about their initiative-taking strategy to mitigate the need for foster care placement. He discusses their pro-active strategies which include Promote Awareness, Recruit foster parents, Educate the Community, Support Foster Families, and Advocate for children and families. He also describes DePelchins’ Core Values and how the values enable success in addressing foster care. Find them at (https://www.depelchin.org).
Original airdate: 6/30/2024
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Felipe joined EMF in 2003 and he covers New Mexico, a portion of CO, and the Western half of Texas, including the major market of San Antonio.
