My name is Linda Grover, I am a biological mother of three children, and a grandmother of 10 grandchildren. I am retired from foster parenting after 19 years, 1 year as a county foster parent, and 18 years as a therapeutic foster parent, with an organization in Upstate NY. When I was a foster parent my husband and myself became big advocates for foster parents, on subjects such as board rate increases, some kind of incentive programs for foster parents, paid respite programs perhaps, and we even went to Albany, NY. to talk to the higher ups. Needles more...