DID YOU KNOW??? When we talk about the prevention of child abuse, the most and often best strategies to prevent child abuse is directly related to supporting families before there is a crisis. Now, more than ever, families are struggling…
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…
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…
So, Your Child Wants to Be Friends With a Kid in Foster Care… School has started and your child has come home talking about another kid in class. As you begin to quiz your child about this new friend, you…
It’s January 1st. Maybe you’re cleaning up all your holiday decorations, vowing to get organized for the start of the new year. Maybe you’re reflecting back on the year that 2020 was, with a heavy heart. Maybe you’re setting some…
Kenny and I always knew we were going to adopt one day. By Lydia Berry I had spent years browsing the Louisiana Heart Gallery watching videos from America’s Kids Belong of each child and reading their bios. After many discussions,…
“The pimps will take them.” That line hit me like a punch to my gut. I was talking with a child welfare worker in a west-coast county. She explained when kids age out of foster care at 18, they…
"While we were filming 10 of Kentucky's kids, a caseworker who was there received a notice that no other children could be removed from the facilities. Had that message gotten to him 1 hour earlier, the child he brought would not have been able to come. That same child told us it was one of his best days and it reminded him of Easter!"
Pray continually. Really? How? By Brian Mavis, AKB President “A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward.” – Phillips Brooks ”Everything that one turns in the direction of God is a prayer.” – St. Ignatius…
5 Ways the Church Can Impact Foster Care Right Now By Krista Petty of America’s Kids Belong & Kristin Miller of Tennessee Kids Belong The health and economic implications of the COVID-19 crisis are rightfully at center stage right now,…
10 More Ways the Coronavirus Affects Foster Care: Government Edition Background: You may have seen America’s Kids Belong post on “7 Ways COVID-19 Crisis Impacts Foster Kids/Care (and They’re All Bad).” That article focused on our number one priority: the…
A School Teacher Introduced Me to Foster Care By Krista Petty, Faith Sphere Manager, America’s Kids Belong Unless someone jogs my memory, I can’t name a single family or kid involved in foster care from my childhood…or even through college.…
