STEWARDSHIP AND SPIRITUALITY: PREVENTING REVICTIMIZATION IN FOSTER CARE

Each year hundreds of thousands of children are abused by adults responsible for their care. Among these adults are persons whom are given stewardship and moral responsibility over the life of a child. We have excellent opportunities as service providers to make a difference in the life of a child as well as help them to rewrite their own history. Foster care is used as a strategic prevention option to prevent further revictimization. It's definitely a viable option and works to the betterment of children. However, studies show that the very option our state agencies rely on is one of the institutions that continue to fail our youth. It is my attempt to put the issue of revictimization on our moral radars as an injustice. Because, until our children are safe everywhere, the safety of all children is at stake.