Guest Column: Find ways to support foster parenting and DCS
Haley Vincent
Haley Vincent and her husband Andrew have been part of the local foster care community since 2012. They live in Midtown with their 3 children. She is an early intervention speech language pathologist and therapy supervisor with Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.
“Shelby County has plenty of stable, capable, caring adults with safe homes whose service to our community could make a big impact for a child, a family, or even the system as a whole.”
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