Oct 10, 2026 · 3 min · 2 segments
Meet Steve Gonyea, Super dad! He has fostered 180 children including many with Special Needs. He adopted that last three, one of whom is profoundly autistic. Now he is busy advocating and creating…
Cindy GelorminiHostAnd the problem with that is these kids need to know that they have a sense of belonging somewhere.
And they have enough loss in their life, off their parents, their families, their neighborhoods.
And the therapeutic part of it, like I was mentioning, is the ones with complex needs.
We took a few in the beginning, but most of the kids we took were the kids kicked out of other foster homes.
Um, who, who did, who were autistic, had behaviors, whatever, and they got kicked out.
We've had kids in our home that have been kicked out of 30 foster homes and we would take them in and settle it down.
Always doing what was best for them and not doing what was best for the county and the provider agency and everything else.
And I know there's a, you know, the state laws in most of these states, you know, that we all are part of, they all want reunification.
I'm against that if the kid's been in foster care for 10 and 12 years, when the state statute says it's 15 to 22 months they're supposed to be in
And the problem with that is these kids need to know that they have a sense of belonging somewhere.
And they have enough loss in their life, off their parents, their families, their neighborhoods.
And the therapeutic part of it, like I was mentioning, is the ones with complex needs.
We took a few in the beginning, but most of the kids we took were the kids kicked out of other foster homes.
Um, who, who did, who were autistic, had behaviors, whatever, and they got kicked out.
We've had kids in our home that have been kicked out of 30 foster homes and we would take them in and settle it down.
Always doing what was best for them and not doing what was best for the county and the provider agency and everything else.
And I know there's a, you know, the state laws in most of these states, you know, that we all are part of, they all want reunification.
I'm against that if the kid's been in foster care for 10 and 12 years, when the state statute says it's 15 to 22 months they're supposed to be in
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