Respite Care | Inquiry Process | Inquiry Form | About Ron Bertsch Ron Bertsch Ron is the Director of the Therapeutic Foster Care and Adoption Program at the Children's Home. He started in April, 1999. He has written policy and set procedures for the new program. A primary focus is to find homes for the children ready to leave the residential and crisis stabilization units of the home. The program will also work with other children referred directly for foster care or adoption services. Ron comes from the Kentucky's state public agency, in which he worked for over 13 years as a foster care worker, recruiter and trainer. He graduated from Thomas More College with his Bachelor's degree in Social Work and Sociology and his Masters degree in Social Work from the University of Kentucky. Ron has served as a chairperson of the state and regional foster care/adoption recruitment committee and was a founding member of The Foster Care Cooperative, a nonprofit foster care recruitment organization representing multi-state, public and private social service agencies. He is a certified instructor for Atlanta's Child Welfare Institute's Model Approach to Partnership and Parenting - Group Preparation and Selection and Child Sexual Abuse curriculums. Ron and his wife Julie live in Campbell County with their five children, of whom four came to them through adoption. He speaks of the blessings and joy that the kids have brought him. "Years ago one of the highlights of being a new daddy was watching their expressions of pride when you congratulated them on a job well done, like catching a ball or riding their bike; now it is fun to see their happiness when you offer to help them study and practice for their driving test or dream with them about the new car they hope to someday drive.” Ron is now accepting inquiries into foster and foster-to-adopt parenting. Anyone interested in learning more about foster care or foster parent adoption is encouraged to call him at 331-2040, ext. 241. or email, ronb at DCCHome dot org