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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI) of the Youth Law Center recognized a Fresno antheral arsenic a 2024 Elevate and Celebrate honoree for his dedication to foster attraction advocacy for much than a decade, the Youth Law Center announced Friday.
Patrick Rose of Fresno was 1 of the six radical astir the state to beryllium recognized for being an "outstanding advocator for improving kid payment services," according to the Youth Law Center.
Rose and his woman Miriam person been foster parents for 12 years. Officials accidental their travel began erstwhile Miriam, a constabulary serviceman with the Fresno Police Department, was moved to bash thing aft responding to kid maltreatment and neglect cases successful her community. At the time, Rose was a stay-at-home dada providing peculiar attraction to their son.
Rose past began 1 of the 700 section leaders nationwide who person received intensive grooming from QPI to pb advocacy efforts informed by kid improvement wrong their communities. Although helium experienced the "pains of foster parenting" erstwhile a kid surviving successful their foster location was abruptly removed, Rose kept advocating for improving foster attraction aft a speech with unit astatine the Department of Child and Family Services for Fresno County.
“I’m arrogant to person helped make a caller modulation argumentation successful Fresno County that ensures children are not abruptly moved from their homes,” Rose said.
The 2024 virtual Elevate and Celebrate lawsuit volition instrumentality spot connected Dec. 12 astatine 11 a.m. and is unfastened to the public. To register, click here.
