Rising Up and Moving On: Former Foster Youth, Current Team FCCS Employee Inspires Next Generation
Click here to watch Bethany’s speech at the 2025 FCCS Child Abuse Prevention Breakfast “My journey has been filled with trials, triumphs, setbacks, and breakthroughs, but through it all, I have learned that our past does not define us. What defines us is how we rise.” With these powerful words coming from her heart, Bethany Workman - a training officer in the FCCS Professional Development Department - spoke about her experience as a youth in foster care and how, as a teenager in 2005, she was recognized with the agency’s Rising Up and Moving On Award. And in a true full circle moment, she was on stage at this year’s FCCS Child Abuse Prevention Breakfast to help recognize two young women as the 2025 Rising Up and Moving On honorees. This award is presented annually to deserving teenagers in our agency's care and emancipated youth who have successfully overcome obstacles and barriers which most children their ages don't have to face. “Moving on doesn’t mean leaving behind those ...