When we foster or adopt, we open our hearts and homes to a beautiful yet complex journey. Along with the joy and love we experience, we also welcome an unexpected guest named grief. Grief sneaks in when we experience the…
While foster care is a system designed to protect and provide safety for children, there are many layers to the experiences that a child has to process and heal from. Lindy Green Johnson, LCSW, defines it this way…”Trauma in general…
On Wednesday, Oct 11 at 8:30pm America’s Kids Belong hosted a repeat of its first foster parenting info webinar, “What Does It Mean to Engage Foster Care?” This second edition featured a different roster of panelists from around the country.…
Recently America’s Kids Belong hosted a live panel addressing the most pressing needs currently in the foster care system. A variety of panelists joined host, Kristin Allender, Executive Director of TN Kids Belong, on September 26th for this free webinar.…
On Sept 21st, America’s Kids Belong hosted a free webinar panel called, “How to Thrive as a Foster Parent.” For many prospective and current foster parents, the idea of thriving sounds amazing but seems like a rarity or an unattainable…
It’s astonishing to know more than 400,000 kids are currently in our country’s foster care system and yet only about half as many foster parents are available to care for them! We need many more caring foster parents to be…
All fostering info panels are free and will offer people interested in exploring fostering an opportunity to learn more about: AKB’s fostering info panels were created for people who are interested in exploring fostering or supporting kids in foster care…
