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Jenn Hook

Jenn Hook is Founder and Executive Director of Replanted, a ministry that helps empower the church to support adoptive and foster families. She received her master’s degree in clinical psychology from Wheaton College and previously worked as a trauma therapist for children and adolescents in foster care. Jenn and her husband, Josh, are co-authors of the book Replanted: Faith-Based Support for Foster and Adoptive Families. The couple resides in Dallas, Texas, with their daughter, Autumn.

3 Ways Adoptive Parents Can Help Their Child Adjust

3 Ways Adoptive Parents Can Help Their Child Adjust

I remember working with an 8-year-old boy named Brandon in counseling. Brandon had spent about two years in foster care before he was adopted by his foster family. For his adoptive parents, the adoption was a joyous occasion. They loved Brandon dearly …

3 Key Ways How to Support Adoptive and Foster Kids

3 Key Ways How to Support Adoptive and Foster Kids

When I think of how to support adoptive and foster kids, I remember working with a 9-year-old boy named Nathan in counseling. Nathan was in foster care. He had bounced around a few different foster care homes over the years but had been in a mostly sta …

"Same Here": Emotional Support for Adoptive and Foster Families

“Same Here”: Emotional Support for Adoptive and Foster Families

I am a firm believer that one of the most challenging things in life is to feel alone in your pain. This has certainly been true in my own life. There were times I desperately wanted to hear someone say, “Same here.” I needed that level of emotional su …

Promotional image for Focus on the Family broadcast How You Can Help Support Foster and Adoptive Families

How You Can Help Support Foster and Adoptive Families

Jenn and Josh Hook, joined by Mike Berry, offer advice to help foster and adoptive families find training and support. And, they describe how anyone can help care for hurting kids.

Happy interracial couple sitting on a couch with their two adopted kids talking to a counselor

Being the Church: Four Keys to Supporting Adoptive and Foster Families

Friends, family and fellow church community members have an awesome opportunity to play a role in an issue we know is dear to the heart of God – the plight of children without families – but we often fail to understand the trials of the adoptive and foster journey.