When It’s Time to Let the Mullet Go: Knowing Better and Doing Better in Foster Care
…Nearly every one of us entered the foster care world naively. We were convinced of a lot of things. From the moment we make the very first phone call to…
The Future Relics of Foster Care
…kids in foster care? It’s important to note that we are not talking about the foster care system itself becoming obsolete. The sad reality is that there will always be…
Negative Space and Foster Care: How Pain Becomes Purpose
…grew out of it, but it still doesn’t make it all OK. That’s where most of us live. Calli Crowder was placed in foster care at the age of 13…
Church, When it Comes to Foster Care, You May Not Know Your Own Strength
…church when it comes to foster care. Here are three areas where we might be underestimating our strength: The numbers We are daunted by the giant number of kids in…
Taking On The Biggest Foster Care Problems in Your Community…Together
…they knew three things: First, they believed that providing more than enough for children and families in foster care in their county was possible. Second, having been foster parents, they…
Reframing Foster Care
…parenting journey and ultimately find the strength, motivation, and courage you need to be sustained along the way. ReFraming Foster Care is a collection of reflections on the foster parenting…