LOCAL Closer Look: Utah Foster Care

Posted on Sunday, February 5, 2023 by Lexy Smith

Lexy Smith met with Heidi Naylor, Director of Family Retention for Utah Foster Care. Naylor describes being a foster parent herself, who has also chosen to adopt. Naylor details how to start the process of being a foster parent, and outlines how parenting classes offered helped her become a better parent. Naylor further explains how important it is to reunify children whenever possible, and how helping the original family is the first goal. Naylor shares how she became an adoptive mother of seven children.

Original airdate: 2/5/2023 

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Lexy joined EMF in 2022 and covers Arizona, Colorado, Utah, S Nevada, and part of Central California, including major markets Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Denver and Phoenix.

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