10 April 2020| CAPP Blog
How to Combat Loneliness During Social Distancing

By Anne Peters, LMFT Hello again! I hope you are all healthy and doing OK, taking it one moment at a time. “Social distancing” is a term we have become too familiar with over the last couple of months. We all understand the purpose – to keep ourselves and others safe – but that doesn’t...

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09 April 2020| CAPP Blog
Meet the Blogger

By Anne Peters, LMFT Hello! We are so excited to welcome you to LSI’s first blog post. We sat down (virtually) a few weeks ago and brainstormed ways we can continue to be a support and stay connected during these unnerving times. In that discussion, this blog was born. We hope to provide reassurance and...

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20 March 2020| Foster Care and Adoption
Important Iowa Foster Parent Information Regarding COVID-19

At LSI, our top priority is ensuring high quality care for the children and families we are privileged to serve. LSI Foster Care and Adoption leaders have had recent detailed discussions with the Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) regarding Iowa’s response to the novel (new) coronavirus, COVID-19, and the increase in cases across Iowa....

11 December 2019| Myths of Foster Care
Children in foster care don’t fit one demographic

Children have been referred into foster care more than 600 times this year in western Iowa alone. They enter foster care through no fault of their own, and there is no one specific reason why children enter care in the first place. Many children have experienced abuse or neglect. Some enter foster care when their...

19 November 2019| Myths of Foster Care
The goal of foster care isn’t adoption

November is National Adoption Month. At LSI Foster Care and Adoption, we’re busy celebrating and thanking the many families who are providing kids with loving forever homes. This month, we’re also compelled to remember the hundreds of Iowa children currently in need of a temporary foster home – and to remember that foster care is...

08 October 2019| Myths of Foster Care
Birth parents need support too

Children are placed in foster care through no fault of their own. Most children enter foster care when their birth parents are not able to care for them appropriately, which could be due to abuse, neglect, substance use, or mental health concerns. For many Iowans unfamiliar with foster care, this might make birth parents sound...

13 September 2019| Early Childhood Services
Staff Spotlight: Mallory Berkenpas

Mallory Berkenpas has been with LSI for nine years and is a Service Coordinator for LSI’s Early Childhood Services. What inspired you to start working at LSI? Before LSI, I thought I wanted to work with patients in a hospital setting or with the elderly population but in reality, I found that child welfare and...

We are so grateful for LSI supporters like you!

13 September 2019| General
Your Compassion in Action

We are so thankful for the generous support of LSI donor Karol Sturm, of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls. Karol gave a memorial gift to honor her parents, Wally and Shirley. Karol’s paternal grandmother, Anna Lenius Burman, was raised at the Lutheran Children’s Home – now LSI’s Bremwood Residential Treatment Center – along...

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