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Families are in crisis this back-to-school season

Urgent Need: As the back-to-school season begins, families are facing mounting pressure—tough choices, cultural confusion, and strained relationships.

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Foster Care

Bridge organizations fill the gap in foster care

The Role of a Bridge Organization

“Bridge Organization” is a relatively new term in the world of foster care and adoption, but they play an increasingly important role. This is what you need to know about bridge organizations.

School social worker with youth in foster care and mother

The Role of a School Social Worker

School social workers partner with the foster care system in an important way. In their role, school social workers help students and families thrive.

CASA with child in foster care

The Need for CASAs in Foster Care

You can be the voice for children and teens in foster care by becoming a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA).

CASA with kid in foster care

The Role of a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)

Children and teens in foster care deserve a voice in court. Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) volunteer to fill that need.

Mother with son

Grace in Reunification

Foster families can be the bridge to help a family heal and be together again. It is the definition of grace. This is family reunification.

The Tarrant Family

A Christian Approach to Foster Care

After twelve years as a foster parent, Cindy Tarrant has learned this: “Loving like Jesus looks a little bit different when you can’t leave and go home at the end of the day.”

Foster family

The Role of a Foster Family

Foster parents and foster families play a key role within the foster care system. Learning about the day-to-day responsibilities of a foster family is an important step when pursuing a call to foster.

Foster Care Legal System

Foster Care and the Legal System

Understanding the legal system can be a challenge. In this article, an attorney clarifies the legal process of foster care – from the time a child enters foster care to the closure of a case.

Foster dad with daughters

A Foster Care Story: The Father’s Perspective

I never really thought about foster parenting or adoption. I simply figured that I would one day marry and that my wife and I would together create a “traditional” family. My plan wasn’t actually a plan; it was an assumption.

Family

Reunification: The Priority in Foster Care

Over time, we can forget the original goal of foster care: reunification.

Dear Prospective Foster Parents...

Dear Prospective Foster Parents

Is God prompting you to foster? To adopt? To support foster and adoptive families? Maybe you’ve prayed about it, but you still feel unequipped and fearful. Well, you’re not alone.

Teen in foster care

Why Teens in Foster Care Need You

Everyone wants to belong and be part of a family. For teens in foster care, guidance and love can change everything.

Happy mom, dad, and young daughter sitting in a field and blowing bubbles

Why Foster Care and Adoption Matters to Me as a Christian

The importance of foster care and adoption is clear. As Christians, we are instructed to love and care for others. So, how will you make a difference?

Foster child thinking

How Long Do Kids Stay in Foster Care?

Learning about the foster care system can seem like a daunting task. Where should you start? The best place to begin is with the journey of a child in foster care.

Foster dad and son outdoors

A New Meaning of Father’s Day

When I was growing up, Father’s Day was not a celebration to me. But the meaning of Father’s Day changed completely for me when I met Antwann. He welcomed me into the family. To my dad, Happy Father’s Day.

Father with his adopted daughter on his shoulders

Letter to a Foster Dad on Father’s Day

Foster dad, what you are doing is a beautiful echo of the gospel. You daily are entering into the broken story of a child in foster care. Thank you for being an earthly example of a loving heavenly father to your family. Happy Father’s Day.

World Foster Day

World Foster Day

Children in South Africa are often placed under incredible pressure to make it through their early years. Poverty, abuse, drug abuse, and neglect are some of the challenges faced on a daily basis by children all over the world.  Many of these children are not adoptable and end up in the foster care system, never …

foster family doing hard things

Faith & Foster Care: When God Asks Us to Do Hard Things

I’m one of those people who typically shies away from hard things. Give up sugar for 30 days? No thanks, I’d rather not. Run a marathon? But why!?! Pursue my master’s degree? Nah! Become a foster mom? Me, really, Lord? God Asked Us to Foster As hard as it was even to start the process, …

kid go into foster care

Why do kids go into foster care?

The most common reasons kids go into foster care are physical abuse, neglect, parental drug abuse, and/or incarceration.

Mann family help hurting children

Foster Parenting: Don’t Let Fear Stop You From Helping Hurting Children

There is a world of hurting children who need to experience the love and compassion of caring foster parents.