Why the holidays can be hard and how to make them better
Many youth in foster care experience the holidays as stressful. Foster care alum Jamerika Haynes-Lewis shares her perspective and offers six tips for making youth feel included.
Alumni perspective
I know first-hand the importance of sibling relationships in foster care
I’m sharing my experience so that current foster families understand how important it is to keep siblings connected to each other.
What does permanency mean to me?
Tyler Hunter Boards shares how being in the child welfare system impacted his life.
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.
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.
What I want foster and adoptive parents to know
I went into foster care at the age of five years old. When I meet foster and adoptive parents, here are the pieces of advice I share.