by Megan Diaz | Sep 19, 2024 | Foster Care & Adoption
Kinship foster care is an out-of-home arrangement in which a child is temporarily cared for by a relative or someone with whom the child has a close emotional bond. Learn more about kinship foster care here. Jerrett was at work when he received an urgent call from a...
by Megan Diaz | Sep 12, 2024 | Volunteering, Foster Care & Adoption
Colby Landwehr, Assistant Electrical Engineer at Burns & McDonnell, is exceptionally good at solving technical problems. “Colby uses his engineering and problem-solving skills to upgrade the telecommunications network for substations to ensure reliable power for...
by Megan Diaz | Sep 10, 2024 | Foster Care & Adoption, Community Trainings
Guest Blog by Alicia Dentler In 2012, my husband and I received a phone call that turned our lives upside down. Our two-and-a-half-year-old nephew, Orion, had been taken into protective custody, and we were asked if we would be willing to take him into our home...
by Megan Diaz | Aug 26, 2024 | Foster Care & Adoption, Trauma-Informed Care, Youth Support
Kirsten vividly remembers the day her life was changed forever. At six years old, she got off the school bus to discover a line of police cars in front of her house. Officers at the door instructed her to go to her room and pack her belongings. Over the next eleven...
by Casey Lozier | Jun 20, 2024 | Foster Care & Adoption, Trauma-Informed Care, Youth Support
A few years ago, while deep cleaning his house, Jonathan Graham found his next goal. It came in the form of a business card from a foster care agency, which was given to him at a Pride event a couple of years before. Jonathan, who had been wondering where to put his...
by Casey Lozier | Jun 11, 2024 | Foster Care & Adoption, Community Trainings, Trauma-Informed Care
How did you come to your role at Cornerstones of Care? What kind of positions did you hold prior to joining the team? One of my first jobs after graduate school was as a social worker in the emergency room of a psychiatric facility. Then, when I worked in municipal...
