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Foster care

Stacie Miller

Outstanding Caseworker: Stacie Miller

“Like a good social worker, a good foster parent is passionate about helping kids. They don’t give up when things get hard. They can continue to love, no matter what happens.”

Outstanding caseworker Latanga McGill

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.

Group of teens sitting on fence.

May is National Foster Care Month!

This month—and every month—we celebrate the foster parents, volunteers, and others who are helping to create success and lasting connections for children in foster care.

Heart shape created by a man and woman's hands.

Maintaining a strong relationship when fostering

In this guest post, a mother who has been fostering for more than three decades describes the ways that she and her husband have worked hard to remain good friends and partners who “love each other, like each other, and respect each other.”

Alex Oleson and mother

From foster youth to foster care advocate

“Having a permanent home laid the foundation for my success. It also inspired me to pay it forward, because it’s up to each of us to share the opportunities we’ve had with the next generation.”