The public is invited to a foster parenting informational meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 2 at 4601 Telephone Road, Ste. 112, Ventura.

The presentation will be given in English only.

The program will describe the rewards of foster parenting and show how foster parents can provide the healing, support and guidance that can transform a child at risk into a selfassured, successful adult.

More than 600 children are in foster homes in Ventura County, and every day another child is removed from their home because they have been neglected, abused or abandoned.

For more information, call (805) 654-3456 or go to vchsa.org/foster.