SALT LAKE CITY — A program focused on supporting new foster parents and families is officially launching in Utah on Wednesday after two years of successful testing.

The Care Communities program is meant to help foster families while also strengthening community bonds through service. A Care Team made up of eight to 10 people will help a family with errands, meals, or chores while everyone gets used to their new living arrangement.

The program came to the state largely thanks to Utah’s First Lady Abby Cox.

“She has done all of the advocacy to get donors to contribute so we could do a pilot to make sure this works,” Director Tami Carson said in an Instagram post. “[she has] figure[d] out what we might need to change about it, then advocated with legislators to make sure we have additi

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