Lutheran Social Services wins Agency of the Year Award
April 24, 2007

AUSTIN, Texas - Lutheran Social Services of the South, the largest provider of foster care and residential services for abused and neglected children in Texas, has been named State Child Placing Agency of the Year by the National Foster Parent Association for a third time.

Austin-based LSS took home the top honor in 2004 and 2001. No other child placing agency in the country has won the award more than once.

“Certainly we would not have won this award multiple times if it were not for the compassionate, caring work of our family services staff and the inspirational efforts of the nearly 680 foster families who open their hearts and homes to care for more than 1,300 children daily,” said Kurt Senske, chief executive officer of LSS. “They deserve all the credit.”

The award will be presented at National Foster Parent Association’s annual conference in Washington, D.C. in May, which is National Foster Care Month.

In addition to foster care, LSS also operates three childrens’ residential treatment centers, a children’s emergency shelter, senior retirement communities, long-term disaster response and emergency assistance. LSS is the social service arm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.

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