Uncategorized Archives - Agape Adoption Agency of Arizona We Are A Phoenix Adoption Agency That Specializes In Family Services Fri, 02 Jun 2023 14:31:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Five Things Every Child Needs to Hear /uncategorized/ive-things-every-child-needs-to-hear/ /uncategorized/ive-things-every-child-needs-to-hear/#respond Wed, 01 Feb 2023 04:16:20 +0000 /foster-care/back-to-school-tips-for-foster-parents-copy-copy-copy-copy-copy-copy/ Our words have power Kind words are like honey, sweet to the soul and healthy for the body. –Proverbs 16:24 A person’s words can be life-giving water; words of true wisdom are as refreshing as a bubbling brook. –Proverbs 18:4 “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” […]

The post Five Things Every Child Needs to Hear appeared first on Agape Adoption Agency of Arizona.

]]> /uncategorized/ive-things-every-child-needs-to-hear/feed/ 0 Back-to-School Tips for Foster Parents  /uncategorized/back-to-school-tips-for-foster-parents/ /uncategorized/back-to-school-tips-for-foster-parents/#respond Mon, 01 Aug 2022 20:52:29 +0000 / Back-to-School Tips for Foster Parents  It’s that time of year again – families are starting to get ready for summer to end and school to begin. Preparing to switch gears from the lazy, unstructured days of summer to the more defined routine of the school year can cause stress for kids. Many foster children, especially […]

The post Back-to-School Tips for Foster Parents  appeared first on Agape Adoption Agency of Arizona.

]]> /uncategorized/back-to-school-tips-for-foster-parents/feed/ 0 Before You Foster… /uncategorized/before-you-foster/ /uncategorized/before-you-foster/#respond Tue, 05 Jul 2022 17:46:39 +0000 / Parenting requires a great deal of time and energy. Having a healthy marriage is foundational for parenting in general, but even more so for foster parenting.   Couples should do careful self-assessment before becoming foster parents. Evaluate your communication and conflict management skills. Explore “hot spots,” issues that surface often when you argue or have a […]

The post Before You Foster… appeared first on Agape Adoption Agency of Arizona.

]]> /uncategorized/before-you-foster/feed/ 0 Celebrating Foster Care Awareness /uncategorized/celebrating-foster-care-awareness/ /uncategorized/celebrating-foster-care-awareness/#respond Wed, 01 Jun 2022 08:14:33 +0000 / Celebrating Foster Care Awareness 8 ways to get involved     May was National Foster Care Awareness Month in the United States, where there are close to 400,000 children in the system at any given time. More than 100,000 of them need adoptive families. While there are thousands of foster families who provide care to […]

The post Celebrating Foster Care Awareness appeared first on Agape Adoption Agency of Arizona.

]]> /uncategorized/celebrating-foster-care-awareness/feed/ 0 Foster Care and the Coronavirus Crisis /adoption/foster-care-and-the-coronavirus-crisis/ /adoption/foster-care-and-the-coronavirus-crisis/#respond Wed, 27 May 2020 01:20:23 +0000 / Foster children, like the rest of us, want to be held close and reassured by their loved ones. For them, many old feelings of loneliness and isolation and emotional trauma have been rekindled while in “shelter-in-place” away from their friends and families.

The post Foster Care and the Coronavirus Crisis appeared first on Agape Adoption Agency of Arizona.

]]> /adoption/foster-care-and-the-coronavirus-crisis/feed/ 0 May is National Foster Care Month /blog/may-is-national-foster-care-month/ /blog/may-is-national-foster-care-month/#respond Thu, 30 Apr 2020 21:54:48 +0000 / May is National Foster Care Month. While we most definitely appreciate those of you who’ve answered the call to be foster parents ALL year, it’s important for the rest of us to understand why May is such an important month.

The post May is National Foster Care Month appeared first on Agape Adoption Agency of Arizona.

]]> /blog/may-is-national-foster-care-month/feed/ 0 Talking To Children About Coronavirus and Saving Your Sanity At Home /blog/talking-to-children-about-coronavirus-and-saving-your-sanity-at-home/ /blog/talking-to-children-about-coronavirus-and-saving-your-sanity-at-home/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2020 21:46:18 +0000 / Whether you’ve been talking to your children about Coronavirus for several weeks, or you're just starting, there’s never been a better moment for you and your family to turn a bad situation into a special time than right now. Hang in there moms and dads, we're with you.

The post Talking To Children About Coronavirus and Saving Your Sanity At Home appeared first on Agape Adoption Agency of Arizona.

]]> /blog/talking-to-children-about-coronavirus-and-saving-your-sanity-at-home/feed/ 0 Change A Child’s Life: The Arizona Foster Care Tax Credit /resources/change-a-childs-life-the-arizona-foster-care-tax-credit/ /resources/change-a-childs-life-the-arizona-foster-care-tax-credit/#respond Fri, 28 Feb 2020 22:53:24 +0000 / Reduce your state tax liability and change a child's life today by donating to Agape Adoption Agency of Arizona and utilizing the Arizona Foster Care Tax Credit.

The post Change A Child’s Life: The Arizona Foster Care Tax Credit appeared first on Agape Adoption Agency of Arizona.

]]> /resources/change-a-childs-life-the-arizona-foster-care-tax-credit/feed/ 0 Fostering Children of Color /foster-care/fostering-children-of-color/ /foster-care/fostering-children-of-color/#respond Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:36:49 +0000 / If you are fostering, or intend to foster a child of color, here are a few things you can do to cultivate a positive individual and cultural identity for them.

The post Fostering Children of Color appeared first on Agape Adoption Agency of Arizona.

]]> /foster-care/fostering-children-of-color/feed/ 0 Adoption Statistics /adoption/adoption-statistics/ /adoption/adoption-statistics/#respond Sat, 04 Jan 2020 19:55:42 +0000 / While we certainly believe in sharing personal stories of adoption and foster care, we also believe it’s important to go to the numbers to get some further perspective. Let’s review some adoption statistics.

The post Adoption Statistics appeared first on Agape Adoption Agency of Arizona.

]]> /adoption/adoption-statistics/feed/ 0