Outstanding Caseworker: Kim Blackburn
“I love working with the teenage kids and seeing their potential and encouraging them… I’ve seen how a caring adult can help turn a child’s life around.”
AdoptUSKids
AdoptUSKids authors include experts in child welfare, communications, evaluation, and/or technology from across the United States. Together, they drive the AdoptUSKids project, as it supports foster and adoptive families, raises awareness about the nationwide need for more of these families, and provides resources to child welfare systems and professionals.
Be perfect? No, just be loving and kind
A mother who was adopted as a baby reflects on raising six children she and her husband adopted from foster care.
Keeping children you foster and adopt safe online
Insights from a digital forensic detective and other experts about the dangers posed to children online and techniques to help you protect your children.
Outstanding Caseworker: Latanga McGill
A Mississippi licensing specialist talks about how she supports foster parents and what’s kept her doing this job for the last 10 years.
Outstanding Caseworker: Torjia Ashford
“Torjia works for the very best outcome for the children and helps the parents along the way… Our two-year-old has even named her baby dolls after Torjia! As foster parents, we would be absolutely lost without her….”
“I want other kids to know the things I learned over time”
Catherine Monet was adopted by her foster parents when she was 21. We talked with Catherine about her experience and her advice for parents, social workers, and other youth in care.