Find Your Community Liaison
Fostering Together Liaison/Recruiters
We have eleven community-based Liaison/Recruiters in Northwest Washington from Federal Way to Bellingham that are available to help you through the licensing process and beyond. Ask us about what it is like to foster or adopt; let us help you with your questions about the application packet and training requirements, and what to expect during this process.
We are also here for you licensed Foster, Adoptive, and Relative Caregivers. We run more than thirty community-based support groups throughout Northwest Washington, meeting monthly. These groups are open to all licensed families and also welcome those people who are considering becoming licensed. They are a terrific way to get the support and encouragement you need. Many groups also provide monthly training hours - check with the group leader for more information.
We are passionate about making a difference in the lives of foster families, and the children we serve. If you have any questions, please call or email the Liaision in your area.
Region 3 Liaisons |
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Shala Crow Serves: Whatcom County "My passion is the foster care system and improving the quality of foster homes and the lives of the children who reside in them." |
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Christina Urtasun Serves: Island & San Juan Counties Wants to "help within the system; help foster parents hang in there; and encourage new people to become foster parents, so all of our children have a home." |
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Debra Ellsworth Serves: Skagit County A tireless advocate for the families in her area: " I like to bring people together and help them problem-solve." |
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Deena Parra Serves: Snohomish County-Smokey Point Deena wants "to make a difference in how Foster Parents and Relative Caregivers are viewed not only by social workers but by people in general" |
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Molly Hanson Serves: Snohomish County-Everett Molly says, "My number one passion is and has always been children." |
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Stephanie Hanson Serves:Monroe/Sky Valley
Cheerful, persistant, and knowledgeable. Stephanie can help and has a heart to serve the children and foster families in her community. |
Region 4 Liaisons |
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Angela Pitts-Long Serves: The African American/Afrikan Immigrant population in the King County area.
Angie is passionate about helping the African American and African Immigrant community understand the need for foster homes, and determined to build a network of support for the families and children that need care within that community. |
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Stephanie Swallow Serves: West Seattle/Burien Stephanie wants "to help create a positive environment for all foster families, and support them in any way I can." |
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Kathy Rainwater Serves: Central & South Seattle, Renton, Kent, Newcastle, Issaquah, North Bend, Sammamish, Mercer Island. Kathy believes that "the need for qualified, caring foster parents is urgent; and one person can make such a difference in the life of a child" |
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Kathy Haugland Serves: Southwest King County Kathy is an adoptive mother and is "passionate about educating people about the blessing in being a foster/adoptive parent." Read more about her family here. |
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Shirley Stoddard, Faith Community Liaison Serves:Faith communities in Whatcom, Island, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, and King counties.
Shirley's job "has become a heartfelt mission". She believes that faith communities want to know how to help the "modern day orphans" in their neighborhoods, and has a passion to tell them. Read more about Shirley and her unique family here. |
