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A tiny shoe should be tied on a squirming foot. One child holds up an etch-a-sketch drawing, while another is doodling on a chalk board. Toys are cleared away from the kitchen while cookie sheets of English muffin pizzas are popped into the oven. Family dinners can mean a little chaos and a lot of kids at the Ligon home. Mom, Crystal, and dad, John, live in Greenville County, along with their daughters Adison, 15; Sophia, 7; Charleigh, 5; and two foster babies. The little boy is 2-years-old, and the youngest, a little girl, is 15 months. WYFF News 4 Investigates is not naming the two youngest children, or showing their faces in the video story, because they are still in the South Carolina foster system. John and Crystal said they are in the process of adopting both their youngest foster children, but the courts are backlogged. “We have probably about one more hearing, John said, sitting next to Crystal on their family s living room couch. The pandemic slowed that down be
Greenville County needs 300 more foster families
Need to house teens, older sibling groups grow as COVID-19 restrictions ease Share Updated: 11:16 PM EDT May 4, 2021
Need to house teens, older sibling groups grow as COVID-19 restrictions ease Share Updated: 11:16 PM EDT May 4, 2021
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Show Transcript BOTH STANDARD AND ULTRA-COLD REFRIGERATORS. MICHAEL: FOSTER CARE CRISIS. MORE THAN 4,000 CHILDREN IN SOUTH CAROLINA NEED A SAFE PLACE TO STAY. GREENVILLE HAS THE GREATEST NEED FOR FOSTER FAMILIES IN THE ENTIRE STATE. RENEE WUNDERLICH SPOKE WITH A MOM WHO HAS FOSTERED FOR NEARLY A DECADE, AND SHE’S NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. RENEE, GOOD EVENING. RENEE: MICHAEL, THERE’S ALWAYS A NEED FOR FOSTER FAMILIES. THE WOMEN I SPOKE WITH TONIGHT SAY THEY’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS. OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, CARRIE TUCKER AND HER HUSBAND, GLYN, HAVE FOSTERED NEARLY 200 KIDS. THEIR PERMANENT FAMILY IS A BLEND OF BIOLOGICAL AND