Foster kid

A year and a half after L.A. County closed down its 24-hour "welcome centers" for foster youth with nowhere else to go, the temporary shelters that replaced them fall short of a long-term solution for placing teens in permanent homes.

A unique perspective and encouragement for foster families from a former foster child turned foster mom. God has a heart for the orphaned.

A year ago, Oregon child welfare leaders signed a court settlement promising to stop housing vulnerable foster children in hotels, state offices and juvenile detention centers instead of with families. Since the settlement, the state has placed dramatically more children and teens in institutional settings including repurposed juvenile jails.

National Foster Care Month may be coming to an end, current and former foster children will always need our help. Here, a former foster youth tells us how we can get started.

Aborted Babies and the Risk of Doing Nothing – The Gospel Coalition Blog

Jamie Finn on Instagram: "Too often, adoption isolates our kids from more relationships, more connections, more love. May we do everything within our power to bring our kids the “more” adoption can offer. 🤍 • #foster #fostering #fostercare #fostermom #fosterfamily #fosterparents #adopt #adoption #adoptivemom #adoptivefamily #fosterthefamily #fosterthefamilyblog"

A series of touching images show children holding chalkboards stating how many years they have been in foster care. One child had to wait nearly seven years before being adopted

Katie Page adopted the three kids, Hannah, Grayson and Jackson, after realizing that they were all biological siblings

I finally got around to seeing Instant Family and I thought it was a good blend of accuracy and humor in portraying what foster-adoptive ...