October 29, 2025
Celebrating Grandparents Who Foster: Honoring Kinship Care
According to U.S. Census Bureau data, in 2023, about 1 million grandchildren were raised by their grandparents with no parents present in the home. Grandparents...
October 6, 2025
Creating Halloween Magic at Home: Simple Costume Ideas and Support for Caregivers
Halloween can be an incredibly exciting time for kids of all ages. If you've opened your home to children in foster care, you may want to make the most...
September 25, 2025
School Support for Kids in Foster Care: Resources & Tips
Children in foster care can face many unique challenges along their educational journey. If you have foster kids in your home, ensuring that they have...
May 8, 2025
The Foster Care Parent-Child Reunification Process
Many children in foster care and their parents dream of the day that they are reunited. However, dreaming is not the way to make this happen. It takes...
April 23, 2025
How Much Does it Cost to Adopt a Child from Foster Care?
Adoption can come with financial challenges, whether pursued domestically or internationally. Adopting from foster care, however, is often more financially...
April 6, 2025
Therapeutic Foster Care Explained: Healing Support for Trauma-Affected Youth
Any type of foster care can provide a child with the warm, supportive environment they need to thrive when they have, through no fault of their own, been...
April 3, 2025
The Reality of Aging Out of Foster Care
While turning 18 for most teenagers means graduation parties, moving into college dorms or starting a new chapter of life with newfound and exciting independence,...
April 2, 2025
Foster Care vs Adoption: What Are The Differences?
Foster care and adoption both provide children with loving, stable homes, but they serve different purposes. Foster care is typically a temporary arrangement,...
March 31, 2025
Kinship Care vs Foster System: Understanding Informal & Formal Kinship Placements
When a child is removed from their parents' care, it can feel absolutely devastating. However, kinship care can offer some improvements in overall outcomes,...