Western Washington Office Eastern Washington Office
515 116th Ave NE, #174 505 E Wedgewood
Bellevue, WA 98004 Spokane, WA 99208
1-866-958-KIDS (5437) Fax – 425-462-9268
Region 1 Fostering Together Staff
We have community-based Liaison/Recruiters in Eastern Washington from Okanogan to Klickitat Counties. As experienced foster/adoptive parents, they are all available to help you through the licensing process by answering your questions about foster care/adoption, connecting you with trainings and resources, assisting you with your licensing application packet and providing any other assistance you may need to make your licensing journey easier.
They are also available to support licensed and relative caregivers in their community. Whether you need help navigating the DSHS system or just want to talk to someone who understands the challenges you face as a caregiver, they are there to help you. And with community-based support groups throughout Eastern Washington there is a group of people close to you who want to welcome you and make sure you get the support and training you need to parent the children in your care. These groups are open to all licensed families, relative caregivers and those who are considering becoming licensed.
Fostering Together Liaisons are passionate about making a difference in the lives of caregivers and their foster children. For support, please contact the Liaison in your area.
Chris Pope - Region 1 Coordinator |
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Chris was first introduced to foster care when his in-laws began fostering and took children into their home; eventually adopting 2 of these children. He has worked with at-risk kids for the last 16 years and in his new role with Olive Crest, he is committed to seeing that children are placed into loving homes where they can reach their full potential. |
Dru Powers - Foster Parent Specialist/Region 1 First Representative |
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Dru is a mother to 4 biological children and 1 adopted child. After 32 year of providing foster care to adolescents boys and girls, Dru’s passion is to now to support children in care and the adults who care for them. Dru brings her 12 years of experience supporting foster families to her new position here at Fostering Together. |
Linda Rogers - Region 1 North Community Involvement |
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As an adoptive parent of 2, Linda brings both personal and professional work experience to her role at Fostering Together. Linda is passionate about recruiting new homes as well as supporting licensed home through her community involvment position. She also wants to educate her community that though “not everyone can be a foster parent, everyone can help”. |
Kim McNaughton - Foster Parent Recruiter Liaison |
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As an adoptive parent of 5 children from foster care, Kimberly personally understands the challenges faced by both a child with a trauma history as well as the families who provide care for them. She is passionate about minimizing the number of placements that children in foster care experience by sharing her own experiences and making sure that caregivers receive the support and education they need to be successful. |
Amber Sherman - Foster Parent Recruiter Liaison |
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Amber has been a Licensed Social Worker for over 20 years with experience working in medical social work and more recently therapeutic foster care including recruitment, licensing and case management for children with emotional & behavioral issues. She enjoys working with families to assist in connecting them to programs & services that best fulfill them and in problem solving and developing strategies so that they can best support children in their home. |
Wendy White- Foster Parent Recruiter Liaison |
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Wendy is a single mom to 3 fabulous boys, one biological (Tyler) and two adopted (Clayton and Austin). She became a foster parent in 1995 because of her passion for children. She was a foster parent in the Monroe area until last summer when she moved to the Wenatchee area where she continues to be a licensed foster parent. Wendy is thrilled to have a job in line with her passion. As foster parent recruiter/liaison, Wendy’s goals are to get several support groups started and to get more involved in the community doing recruitment. |
Susan Kellie- Region 1 South Community Involvement |
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In 2004 Susan became a CASA, advocating for children in the foster care system, and through this role she saw that a foster parent’s success was closely tied to the amount of support and respect they believed they had. As a case manager for Olive Crest and now in her new role as Community Involvement Coordinator, she looks forward to supporting foster families and discovering new ways of recruiting and retaining quality foster families. |
Jennie Owens- Foster Parent Recruiter Liaison |
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In addition to a MA in Education, Jennie has extensive training in therapeutic parenting and Reactive Attachment Disorder and has also worked in residential facilities for foster children. As foster parents, Jennie and her husband adopted three children with severe Reactive Attachment Disorder and did not renew their licensed after their last adoption so that they could focus on supporting their children. During the most difficult times of parenting their children, Jennie found it difficult to find services and support for their family. As a result, she has a passion for helping other parents navigate through their difficulties in helping wounded children heal and supporting them through that process. |
Katie Fear- Foster Parent Recruiter Liaison |
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Katie has lived in Yakima, Vancouver and Spokane and is currently living in Yakima. She and her husband have 2 grown sons and adopted 2 babies in 2012. As foster parents they have fostered 35 children and counting. Katie looks forward to supporting you through your foster care journey. |
TBA - Foster Parent Recruiter Liaison |
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