Being a foster parent is important, difficult work. Those who open their homes and hearts to children in state custody are not superhuman and need a network of support alongside them. Even if you’re not yet a foster parent, you can support those on the front lines of foster care.
Every youth who enters foster care shares one common thread - the trauma of being removed from their homes and separated from their families. In 2018, Washington University conducted a needs assessment for our treatment foster care program. Based on their assessment, we are now collaborating with them to develop a screening tool to be used before placing a child in a treatment foster care home.
Nakia Winston works in our St. Louis office placing children in loving treatment foster homes. Learn about her work, the need for foster parents, and what keeps her going.
#Glowup has taken over social media. People are telling the stories of how they overcame childhood adversity (or just bad school photos) and blossomed into the people they are today. Here are some inspiring #glowup stories of people you may not have known were in foster care.
In honor of Foster Care Awareness Month, we’ve asked our experts to share one thing they’d like our community to better understand about foster care. In this post, we take a look at reunification.
