Respite care can be a great way for foster parents to get some time for self-care , but preparing for your children to stay with a stranger can be very stres...

I have always wanted to be a mom, so I love talking about parenting in general and my kids in particular. Exchanging ideas and silly anecdotes with other mom...

An important part of the process of becoming a foster parent is the home study. A home study allows the licensing agency to assess the fitness of prospective...

Sometimes people say incredibly intrusive things and seem to think that they have the right to know the most intimate details of your family. This happens ev...

Treatment Foster Care or Therapeutic Foster Care allows children and youth with a higher level of medical and/or behavioral needs who need to enter foster ca...

When I was talking with a friend who is also a foster mom the other day, she said to me, “As important as what we do is as foster moms, I think what our husb...

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 e...

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 w...

Every child needs a loving family. Unfortunately, sometimes children experience serious neglect, abuse, or maltreatment and are unable to safely live with th...