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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
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