Isaiah 117 House fills gap in foster care system
Ronda Paulson, founder and executive director of Isaiah 117 House, talks Sunday afternoon about the need for foster child care across the nation in Butler Intermediate High School’s auditorium. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
'We need foster families’
BUTLER TWP — Abbey Walsh had to make a split-second decision when asked if she and her husband would foster three children on their “removal day.”
The family did end up taking in the children on the day they were removed from their home, although they were not all completely dressed when they arrived at their temporary home with the Walshes.
This experience led Walsh to seek out a way to fill in the gap in foster care these children found themselves in, which led her to finding the Isaiah 117 House, which she is trying to introduce to Pennsylvania.
