WRAP Around a Foster Family
For over 20 years we have served as foster parents and for the most part, we carried the load ourselves, by ourselves. And while we were content with that, we had no idea the support and encouragement a WRAP team…
Kristin Miller
What is Kinship Care?
Imagine getting a call that your relative is being or has been placed in the child welfare system because of reported neglect and abuse by the hands of someone you have held close to your heart. Now imagine being thrown…
Trauma Tips for teachers and parents
Can you believe it? It’s back-to-school season, already! Every summer just seems to go by faster and faster. Back to school means excitement towards new things, new teachers, sometimes new buildings, and other countless amounts of change. With this being…
Foster Friendly Movies
It’s such a hot time of year and many families are looking for ways to escape the heat. Staying indoors and enjoying a family movie night is one way to stay cool. Watching movies that feature foster and adoption story…
Resources To Lighten Your Load
Foster families are in a unique position to help children in their care by providing a safe and stable home. They will parent children who have experienced loss and trauma. This will impact the way children interact with those around…
May is “Foster Friendly Month”
I have worked in the foster care world for 10 years. Since I have been in the foster care world, I would always get asked, “What is May about?” and my answer was always, “May is National Foster Care Month…
Let’s Hear it for the Social Workers!
Written by Susannah Petty, Tennessee Department of Children’s Services March is Social Worker Appreciation Month, and Susannah Petty with the Department of Children’s Services shares about her experiences and how communities can show support. I never thought about going into…
How To Encourage A Foster Parent
I didn’t know anything about foster care before I started my first class. My husband and I never thought we’d be foster parents. We didn’t know what we didn’t know. The more we got into the training, the more our…
5 ways the Church can impact those in foster care right now!
Hi Faith Leaders! The health and economic implications of the COVID-19 crisis are rightfully at center stage right now, but just behind the curtain is another concern: vulnerable children and teens. Most children will not suffer the dire health effects…
Wrapping Around Foster Families – Remotely
Right now, foster families are experiencing the same changes, loss of control and child care challenges that we all are. However, foster families are enduring the new normal while raising kids from hard places inside their own places of sanctuary…
Foster Friendly Businesses in TN!
Our TKB Business Impact Program launched in April, 2019 and we are starting to see benefits across the state for our foster families! The program is a network of local TN businesses that are committed to helping foster families. They…
A Place At Your Table
This Thanksgiving, like many of you, I’ll sit around a large, beautifully decorated family table. We’ll walk into my cousin’s home, and be greeted by uncles, aunts, grandparents, cousins, neighbors, friends. We’ll get hugs, our coats will get hung up,…