Ads look at raising foster home awareness
Officials hope to attract a better crop of foster parents in the wake of the Marcus Fiesel slaying.
Candice Brooks, Dayton Daily News, Sept. 20, 2006.
HAMILTON — A local mental health awareness group will donate $30,000 in TV advertising aimed at increasing the number of quality foster homes in Butler County, in the wake of 3-year-old foster child Marcus Fiesel's death in August.
The placement of the developmentally disabled Middletown boy by Butler County Children Services, through a private agency, has drawn attention to a shortage of foster parents here.
Marcus died in Liz and David Carroll Jr.'s Clermont County home, prosecutors have said.
The Carrolls now face several charges, including murder.
"We have many fine quality and deeply caring individuals in the system today. But the tragedy of Marcus Fiesel, because of evil people like the Carrolls, is a clear indication that this is an area where we need more help and involvement from the public," said Rawnica Dillingham, executive director of Mental Health Matters.
Sixty-seven percent, or 274, of Butler County's 404 foster children were in homes outside the county as of July 31, according to Children Services. Sixty-three percent were in private foster care, exceeding the 45 percent state average of private foster placements. There are 112 county foster homes and 87 children were in those homes.
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