Our co-founder, Brian Mavis likes to say, “A good family is better than a great program.” And it’s true. For kids in foster care, the gift of belonging in a family can prevent severe social wounds – like trafficking and…
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…
A year ago, my husband and I became legal, adoptive, forever kind of parents to four incredible humans. As they looked on we raised our right hands and promised before God, the judge, our lawyer, a courtroom packed with friends…
Laura Drevlow, a foster and adoptive mom from South Dakota, understands what it means as a child to want to belong, to be loved. When she was fourteen, a teacher took her in and eventually adopted her after she disclosed…
We all live our lives inside of a grand “life story.” Within this overarching story we have many stories that make up the days of our lives. Stories from the past and present and future stories unlived and unwritten. Many…
A sobering crisis. We all hear the figures and see the facts similar to the staggering news story that ran on Father’s Day weekend in 2022 entitled, “America’s crisis is a lack of fathers.” To summarize: there are nearly 18.5…
Meet Jonathan Arce. If anyone understands the power of video to connect people with a message it is Jonathan. A successful motion graphic designer with Savage Media in Nashville, he also volunteers as a videographer with our I Belong Project,TM…
What would it look like if instead of spending your new year resolve on self-improvement, you made a commitment to dramatically improve the experiences and outcomes for kids in foster care? We have 400,000+ reasons to make this issue your…
Does America’s Kids Belong support guardianship? Absolutely. AKB promotes permanency for a child through any method that is best for the youth. Permanency options include reunification, guardianship, and adoption. AKB does not have the authority to make the decisions for…
When Amy and Cory Flynn started dreaming together about how to share their love and resources by expanding their family they asked a simple question: “Could we really consider foster care?” Discover The Surprising Answer It all started with a…
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…
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…
