By Sara Tiano If you’re caring for a teen, chances are high they will soon have the option to either become independent or transition into extended foster care. Extended foster care is a voluntary program […]
By Dionne Joseph I was 15 years old in Mrs. Feldman’s home economics class, attempting to sew a T-shirt and growing more despondent by the minute. When she described the assignment, Mrs. Feldman gave […]
“Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot” endeavors to both educate and inspire audiences about foster care and adoption, and the role they can play in addressing the issue. In that goal, the filmmakers […]
Created by Children & Families First, a nonprofit organization in Delaware that provides foster care and adoption services, “A Kids Book About Foster Families” is “best read together, grownup and kid” as stated on its […]
Written in short sentences with easy-to-understand words, “From Foster to Forever: Jack’s Journey Home” is a great book to share with any children you welcome into your home. They may feel as worried and unsure […]
By Lois J. Rodriguez “Mommy, when did you buy me?” Those innocent words spoken by my son adopted from foster care gave me pause. He was 6 years old. Having been adopted two years earlier, […]
“Possible Selves,” a new documentary about youth in foster care, starts with a scene that most high schoolers in America will recognize. As powerful lights shine down on the green carpeting of a football field, […]
By Daniela Coats When I was around 7 years old, my parents began the journey to become resource parents. Though I had two younger biological brothers, my parents felt we could help children in foster […]
By Sara Tiano Jason and Cindy Nabb of Lincoln, Nebraska, were sitting around the dinner table with their six children when the call came through: two sisters, ages 3 years and 3 months, would be […]
By Sara Tiano When Mya Zavaleta was growing up in her Connecticut adoptive home, she turned to the night sky to feel a sense of closeness with her birth family thousands of miles away. “Even […]
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