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.
Foster parenting
Foster and adoptive mom of 15 years: “Teens are great!”
Melissa is the adoptive mother of three children and continues to foster many more. Here’s her advice.
Maintaining contact between birth and adoptive families
Maintaining contact with birth families is important to a child’s sense of belonging and well-being. And there are a lot of approaches that can work, depending on your family’s circumstances.
Summer ideas for kids in foster care or adoptive homes
Surf’s up! Here’s how to make this summer a great one.
What does permanency mean to me?
Tyler Hunter Boards shares how being in the child welfare system impacted his life.
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.