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Traditional, treatment, kinship, emergency and more. Here’s how each type of foster care works in Virginia and how to find the one that fits your family.

Most children come into foster care after something painful: abuse, neglect, or being separated from the only family they've known. Many carry that hurt with them. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, up to 80% of children entering foster care have a significant mental health need. Therapy is often a big part of how these children heal. Foster parents aren't therapists, but they play a bigger role in a child's treatment than most people realize. Here's what therap

Learn how treatment foster care differs from traditional foster care and explore how foster parents provide specialized support to children

What is Foster Care? Simply put, foster care provides a temporary home for children and youth who, through no fault of their own, are unable to safely stay with their families due to abuse, neglect, or maltreatment. Foster care is inherently complex and every case is different so everyone’s experience with the foster care process is unique. What Is a Foster Home? A foster home is a private family home where a child lives while they're in foster care. Foster parents are every

Many Virginians who could foster never start because of these myths. MYTH: Children go into foster care because they did something wrong FACT: Foster children have done nothing wrong; they enter foster care because they have experienced serious neglect, abuse, or maltreatment that makes their home environment unsafe. MYTH: You don’t want to get too attached to foster children because they might return home FACT: While it is true that the first goal is to have the children re