May 17, 2025

Seats open the Iowa Citizens Foster Care Review Board

Volunteers needed to help local children in foster care

By Newton News
The Iowa Citizens Foster Care Review Board in Poweshiek County is seeking volunteers to join the board. It serves children in foster care from the Poweshiek and Jasper County areas in Southeast Iowa.

The Iowa Citizens Foster Care Review Board in Poweshiek County is seeking volunteers to join the board. It serves children in foster care from the Poweshiek and Jasper County areas in Southeast Iowa.

The Iowa Citizens Foster Care Review Board in Poweshiek County is seeking volunteers to join the board, which ensures children in the foster care system receive the services they need during the process of finding a permanent home.

Foster Care Review Boards (FCRB) serve as a forum where key parties involved in the child’s case hear about both the progress and the challenges being encountered. Board members then offer recommendations for ways to clear any obstacles while also ensuring the case maintains a sense of urgency. The Poweshiek County FCRB currently has three seats open. It serves children in foster care from the Poweshiek and Jasper County areas in Southeast Iowa.

This volunteer opportunity requires an average of 10 hours a month of reviewing specific case materials and attending the monthly board meeting.

For more information about the FCRB program, call or text Cara Galloway, Program Coordinator for the Foster Care Review Board for Southeast Iowa at 515-499-3160 or visit https://hhs.iowa.gov/programs/programs-and-services/fcrb.