Resident praises kinship-care support, says staff eased court and paperwork process

A resident told the meeting that kinship care kept her granddaughter out of the foster system and allowed the child to remain with family. "I didn't want my granddaughter to be caught up in the system," the resident said, adding she was prepared to "do whatever I needed to do" to keep the child with her.

The speaker described the administrative steps she would have faced — "Going to the courts, doing the paperwork, getting everything together" — and credited local staff with easing that burden. "They just made the process easy," she said, adding that staff "work behind the scenes for my good." The resident singled out a staff member named Shay, saying, "Shay went through challenges to help me and others, and I commend her for that."

The remarks appeared during the meeting's public-comment portion and constituted a personal testimony about how kinship-care supports affected one family's experience. No formal motion, vote, or agency policy change was stated during these remarks; the speaker's statements focused on personal experience and praise for staff assistance.