88-year-old Emma Patterson, a long-serving foster mom in Montgomery County, MD, retired after raising over 40 children.

88-year-old Emma Patterson, known as a "proud" foster mom, retired after raising over 40 children in Montgomery County, Maryland since opening her home in the 1980s. Patterson, who is one of the longest-serving foster parents, now joins the over 400,000 youth in the U.S. foster care system waiting for placement in a permanent home, as of 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families.

June 15, 2024
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