By Marisol Zarate A fostering agency for medically fragile children is keeping families together, empowering parents and facilitating placements with trained foster families. Childkind, originally established as an organization supporting children with HIV, now ensures […]
By William Holmes, MD May is National Foster Care Month, and there is no better time to recognize and give a heartfelt word of encouragement to all foster parents, who are a necessary and vital […]
This year, Fostering Media Connections (FMC) launched its first-ever Youth Voice nonfiction writing contest and invited current and former foster youth between the ages of 18 and 24 to submit essays. This year’s theme: “What love is.” Dozens of […]
By Michael Fitzgerald Niquana Clark of Harlem never imagined she’d become a famous actress. By the end of high school, she hadn’t performed in front of a large audience, was living in foster care, and […]
By Kim Phagan-Hansel When Ohio mom China Darrington lost custody of her child 14 years ago it turned her life upside down. Little did she know that experience would one day lead her to mentoring […]
Since August, America’s shores have been pummeled by Hurricanes Maria, Irma and Harvey. Each has displaced thousands and wreaked havoc on some of the country’s largest metropolitan areas. Among those impacted are some of the […]
It is hard being a foster parent. But I don’t have to tell you that. Transportation is among a long list of challenges that foster parents face. Whether getting your child to important visits with […]
Diann Sparks hadn’t planned on adopting, until one of her sisters asked her to attend an adoption class in a town 120 miles away from her home in Possum Trot, part of east Texas’ Shelby […]
The rain and flooding following Hurricane Harvey continue to hammer a wide swath of Texas. At the center of the damage is Harris County, home to the Houston metro area and the 6.5 million people […]
Songwriters create album to raise awareness about foster care When he was just a few weeks old, Kyle Hutton was adopted from DePelchin Children’s Home in Houston. Raised in a loving adoptive family, it was […]
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