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Because you know...Raising a child takes more than love.

   Building Blocks
  for
       Community Enrichment

OFFERING FOSTER CARE IN 24 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
Cherry-Brown-Rock-Keya Paha-Boyd-Holt-Knox-Antel0pe-Cedar-Dixon-Dakota-Pierce-Madison-Wayne-Thurston-Burt-Cuming-Stanton-Boone-Nance-Platte-Colfax-Dodge-Washington
118 N. 5th Street, O'Neill, Nebraska 68763

Websites
for Foster Parents

The Counseling and Enrichment Center
www.counselingandenrichment.com

Nebraska Foster and Adoptive Parent Association
nfapa.org

Foster Youth Initiative
www.nebraskachildren.org

Central Plains/PALS
www.central-plains.org

Foster Care Month
www.fostercaremonth.org

fosterclub.org

casey.org

Minnechaduza Foundation
www.preventionsystem.net

Child Welfare League of
America
cwla.org

Foster Parents.com

fosteradream.org

fosterparentcollege.com

Foster Families, Biological Parents, and even biological siblings of youth in care joined at the Pawnee Plunge in Columbus for an afternoon of fun. One foster parent commented, "My foster son hasn't seen his sister in over 3 months and I'm so glad they could spend time together today." Building Blocks invites foster and biological families, families of soldiers, and all staff to its events.

Building Blocks for Community Enrichment, Inc. is a non-profit organization founded in 1999 because we saw children separated from their biological families by hundreds of miles simply because there were few foster homes in our area. Our goal is to recruit persons to establish foster homes in this part of the state, helping make foster parents successful by providing them thorough training and daily support.

Building Blocks believes:

Quality Placement is key to child's success
Personalized Support to Foster Parents significantly decreases the chances of moving children
Respite services are needed to give foster parents and children a break

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BECOMING A FOSTER PARENT, CONTACT A FOSTER CARE SPECIALIST

Rachael Kallhoff
118 N 5th St O'Neill, NE 68763
Phone:(800)689-0945
Cellular: 402-394-5736
Email: rachael_kallhoff@hotmail.com

FIRST ANNUAL RESPITE CAMP

Building Blocks hosted our First Annual Camp for foster and adoptive children. The intentions of this camp was to give foster parents a free respite weekend and also for children to spend quality time with their siblings. One foster parent commented "My foster son is already talking about wanting to come next year" and a camper said "I haven't seen my sister for months and it was fun being with her."

Camp was held June 21st and 22nd at Niobrara State Park. Nineteen children were able to come to camp and participate in activities such as hiking, swimming, boat rides, an elk ranch tour, and a buffalo cook-out. Building Blocks was able to provide respite to 10 families for the weekend. One foster parent said "It was the first weekend apart since our foster son started staying with us. We enjoyed the silence. We watched movies that we liked." Another foster parent commented " I was able to go to my alumni banquet and we baptized our great grand daughter."

This camp was made possible with help from the Nebraska Respite Network.

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