Celebrate National Foster Care Month by lifting up youth mental health: 6 ideas to get you started
Every day, children across the country—including those in foster care—can suffer deeply from mental illnesses. Here’s how to help.
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.
Adoptive parents: Find the post-adoption support your family needs now
Learn about post-adoption support for adoptive parents.
Foster parents: Celebrate everything—and other secrets to success
As a foster parent, here’s what you can do to help the children and youth in your care.
Transracial parenting resources
Are you caring for children or youth of another race or culture? These resources will help you support your child’s well-being.
This foster parent brings lessons from her own experience in foster care
How can foster parents form close bonds with children in their care? It comes down to this important thing.
Understanding adverse childhood experiences and what you can do to help
ACEs can have far-reaching consequences for children. Here are the ways that adults can step in.