Category Foster Care

Covid-19 Crisis Impact

7 Ways Covid-19 Crisis Impacts Foster Kids/Care – They’re All Bad By Brian Mavis, President, America’s Kids Belong, & Elle Flowers, AKB Social Media Manager Covid-19 most negatively impacts the vulnerable. The virus hurts our elderly loved ones the most.…

Award Winning. Dream Making.

AKB & Dream Makers Project Receive 2019 Adoption Excellence Award The Adoption Excellence Awards were presented to 12 recipients at a ceremony November 12th in Washington, DC. The awards recognize the extraordinary contributions made supporting positive permanency outcomes for children…

Mom with a Phone Call

I Became a Mom with a Phone Call I became a mom with a phone call. ‘We have an emergency placement for a 3-week old baby boy. Can we drop him off in an hour?’ Foster care is weird like that.…

Language of Play

The Language of Kids is PLAY After filming over 1,000 children available for adoption, America’s Kids Belong has learned a thing or two about working with kids. One thing is for sure: the language of kids is PLAY! At all…

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…

Voice for the Vulnerable

In honor of Child Welfare Worker Appreciation Week, we would love to share some insights from our Executive Director who spent several years as a social worker on the front lines. As a former Child Abuse Investigator, I have interviewed…