Foster care is (in theory) temporary, while adoption is permanent. Children enter foster care when their birth parents are unable to care for them; this may be because of abuse, neglect, addiction ...
As importantly, there needs to be a continued focus on making sure that foster children who need therapy get it — an often challenging task given the shortage of mental health care providers.
The foster care model, called Mockingbird, is led by The Fostering Network and is part of a government plan to keep hold of existing foster carers and find new ones. It was launched at the Eden ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The crisis in Tennessee youth aging out of foster care is being highlighted in a new study done by Belmont University’s Innovation Labs. The study called “Every Child ...
"In foster care you feel underrated, you want to prove them wrong. But we can’t do that without foster carers," a former foster child has said. Alex Ambrosio was a refugee from Angola when he ...
At 16, Mendez was put into foster care, living with a relative. “I was just in a very vulnerable state,” she said. “I was lost. I didn’t know what the future held for me.” She began to ...
The Kates submitted foster care paperwork the same day they signed ... Weston loves to read, recently finishing the Harry Potter books. During an interview with a newspaper reporter, Beckham ...