by intisar | Nov 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Intisar Seraaj *This story was first published in February 2015. Richard “Rusty” Kays did not realize he was a foster child until he was 12 years old, and his family never made him feel like one. Now, he is a foster parent and he is spreading the same...
by intisar | Nov 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Intisar Seraaj Mattie Harris is a foster parent for Seraaj Family Homes, Inc. and lives in Union Springs, Alabama. In a blog from 2015, I profiled her and her late husband Moses Harris about their fostering experience and adoption of their daughter is Karlynn...
by intisar | Oct 31, 2019 | Articles
By Intisar Seraaj *This profile was first published in 2015. Moses Harris passed away in 2018. Rest in peace. Mattie Harris has taught children for most of her life. So it’s no wonder that she became a foster parent for Seraaj Family Homes, Inc. (SFH). Harris...
by intisar | Oct 7, 2019 | Articles
By Intisar Seraaj Richard “Rusty” Kays has been involved with the foster care system for most of his life. He says he grew up in foster care since he was 3 days old and aged out of the system when he was 18. But he had a consistent foster family. He’s been paying that...
by intisar | Oct 1, 2019 | Articles
By Intisar Seraaj Charlene Armstead, a resident of Hueytown, Alabama, was introduced to fostering through her best friend Bernadette Rush, a foster parent for Seraaj Family Homes, Inc. (SFH). Armstead says she was exposed to youth in foster care when visiting Rush’s...