February 23, 2020
“Kinship care refers to a temporary or permanent informal arrangement in which a relative or non-related adult (also known as fictive kin) has assumed the full […]
Fostering Blog
February 10, 2020
Not Everyone Can Foster, But Everyone Can Do Something Finding or creating a community of support looks different for every foster family based on your needs […]
February 5, 2020
I feel like a horrible foster parent today honestly. I feel like I’ve been fighting and fighting against everything within me that says to give up, […]
February 5, 2020
I look back at the life we lived before foster care and I almost don’t recognize it. I am so grateful for so many of the […]
February 5, 2020
Hi! I’m Lisa and this is our original family of three. Foster care was never a term on the lips of my husband or I until […]
February 4, 2020
When Kids Need a Place to Sleep for the Night, Emergency Foster Homes Offer a Safe Landing Emergency foster care is a short-term care solution for […]
January 26, 2020
Therapeutic foster care can be misunderstood. The children in therapeutic foster care may have many of the same or similar needs as children in regular care, […]
January 22, 2020
“Did I tell you my son and daughter-in-law are getting licensed in foster care?” she blurted. She was scared. Angry even. She continued to vent, each […]
January 22, 2020
I heard once that if the world were a village of 100 people that only 30 would have enough to eat, only one would have a […]
January 22, 2020
When we decided to jump into foster care, we jumped blindly. What I might say was a leap of faith was really more about us being […]
January 19, 2020
The journey to and through foster care is not an easy one, but the more we understand the process and adjust our expectations, the better we […]
January 15, 2020
Note: This post was originally published October 28, 2019. Effective February 1, 2020 – New SCDSS Foster Parent Liaison We want to thank Jim Casserly for […]