A foster care social worker provides holistic preparation to foster families. Learn more about their responsibilities and what you can expect when working with them.
Foster Care
The Hospital Sitter program was created to ensure children in foster care are not alone during their stays in the hospital.
Trust-Based Relational Intervention®, more commonly known as TBRI®, is a model developed to address the challenges inherent in caring for children impacted by trauma, often including those impacted by adoption and/or foster care. The creators of TBRI, Drs. Karyn Purvis and David Cross, aptly share that trauma impacts the “5 B’s: Brain, Body, Biology, Beliefs, …
Brightening Summers Children across the nation get excited for summer.AND Being away from school is an exciting break for most. For children in foster care, the summer does not always carry the same sense of comfort and peace. (AS CAREGIVERS,)Whether we are a caregiver, parent, or volunteer to a child in foster care, we can …
We fell in love with “L” right away. Placed with us at 17 days old, he had the sweetest disposition and the biggest brown eyes. Though his biological mother was struggling, the dependency court gave her a case plan with the goal of family reunification. What is Family Reunification? If you’re even somewhat familiar with the …
A parent once asked, “Why is it that the minute our family is having a fun time together and things seem to be going well, is when our child melts down? It feels like it comes out of the blue. We have been doing so well, and then instantly we see all the bad behaviors …
“God sets the lonely in families…” Psalms 68:6 NIV
Wherever we are in the adoption triad, we can experience fulfilling lives and success at foster care and adoption through God’s abundance.
God is calling us to be a trusted voice like Joseph and to bring wisdom and solutions to a government searching for answers and reaching out to the church and faith partners for answers in unprecedented ways.
If you are thinking about a foster parent application, there are a few things you should know first.
Learn more about how to become a social worker from someone who has lived it and still loves it.
Being an adoptive mom is a unique journey that no one can prepare for. No one generally sees what the adoptive mom experiences.
Find out more about an exceptional, single foster dad.
The story of Samuel the prophet gives an excellent example to how beneficial foster care and adoption can be to the body of Christ.
Reframing our minds as a family to do these simple gestures will make us habitually kind. We can make random acts of kindness a way of life.
While children from foster care should never be treated differently than biological children, thoughtful gift choices can mean the world to a child and their parents. There are no one-size-fits-all foster family gift ideas. However, gifts that give a sense of normalcy, safety or ownership are generally more beneficial for foster families than other toys. …
The Christmas season is about giving. There’s a tug on our heartstrings when the pastor asks us to buy a gift for a child that is less fortunate or adopt a family for Christmas. Maybe the child in that family is in an out-of-home placement, and their world looks different than last year. Walking the …
Simple gestures can go a long way to help a foster family.
Foster and adoptive families need help in order to thrive. This is how you can support foster and adoptive families.
Goodbyes can be one of the hardest parts of foster care. This foster mom writes honestly about how to cope when a child in foster care leaves.
