May 12, 2021
May is Foster Care Awareness Month I’ve been a foster parent for over eight years this time around. We foster teens. There is a desperate need […]
April 22, 2020
Foster care is hard. It is filled with uncertainties, inconveniences, and heartbreak. I’ve dealt with my fair share of each. My husband and I have been […]
March 30, 2020
Across the nation, we are all currently wrestling with responding to the global pandemic of COVID-19, and the many different impacts it has made on our […]
March 4, 2020
Improving Support Services for Foster Parents and Children in Foster Care: New Reforms Aim to Support a Child’s Holistic Health and Well-Being Today on #FosterFridayLive we […]
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 […]
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, […]
November 14, 2019
My mom always told my sister and I that we were her dream job; she always dreamed of being a mom. From a young age she […]
November 4, 2019
Jolli entered foster care as a teen and her whole life changed. She was separated from the only world that she had ever known. She felt […]
September 29, 2019
As foster parents try to serve and support the children in their care, finding the right resources and services for them to thrive academically can be […]
September 27, 2019
I have been a mother to twelve beautiful children. I have loved them fiercely and fully. I have laughed as they learned to talk and their […]
July 16, 2019
It’s easy to feel alone in the world of foster care, but when you reach out to others in the child welfare system, you’ll find that […]
June 28, 2019
On August 4, 2018, my children were removed from my home and placed into foster care. My children were 5 and 6 years old; they had never been away from home...