A New Beginning for Struggling Families: How Foster Care Helps
Happy New Year! With 2022 in the rear view mirror, it’s time to crack open a shiny, new calendar and think “new beginnings.” It’s time for a fresh start, maybe even a “do-over.” Collaborating with birth parents, adoptive and foster families, government agencies, and...
Family is the Best Gift
Being blessed with a healthy family is no small thing—because the benefits are far-reaching. When you’ve been raised in a strong family, it’s easy to overlook the advantages you’ve enjoyed. But fostering or adopting a child from a troubled family often brings them...
Help At-Risk Youth in Foster Care During National Adoption Month
Over 117,000 children and youth across the country are in foster care waiting for a forever family. Many are teenagers at risk of aging out of foster care without permanent family connections. In 2020, more than 20 percent of those waiting to be adopted were teens,...
Helping Children With Trauma at Halloween
Trauma is all too common for many foster children whose lives have already been rocked by anger, confusion, and separation. These kids are often scared of the dark, and freaked out by thunderstorms, and shaken by loud voices and visions of monsters under their bed. At...
Baby Safety Month: How Foster Care Keeps Babies Safe
Providing foster care for a newborn is labor-intensive and demanding, but there’s great satisfaction in understanding the safety foster homes provide to vulnerable infants. Some of the youngest children in foster care have only been outside their mother’s womb for a...Gallery
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