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Meet Emily Barnes: Championing Belonging Through Business

Join us in welcoming Emily Barnes to the Tennessee Kids Belong team as our new Foster Friendly® Business Manager. Emily brings a heart for children and a deep passion for creating belonging, shaped by both her personal journey and professional experience.

Full Court Press for Foster Care

When you give kids in foster care a safe space to play, connect, and simply be themselves, something beautiful happens: they begin to open up. That’s exactly what we experienced at a recent I Belong Project™ filming day, thanks to the warm and generous partnership of the Memphis Sports + Events Center.

No Matter Where I Go

No Matter Where I Go is one little girl’s story of foster care, but it reflects the experiences of the more than 400,000 children in the foster system at any given time. Follow Elena’s journey as she discovers that God’s love might look different at different times, but He always cares for her.

Children in East Tennessee Holding onto Hope!

The I Belong Project™ uplifts the stories and voices of kids in foster care who are legally free for adoption. The pop-up photo and video shoots take place monthly as part of an entire day designed for youth to have fun, play and just be kids. Capturing and sharing each story is done with the utmost dignity in the hopes that the resulting videos connect children with a family.

Titan Up! 🏈 Be a Game-Changer for Tennessee Kids

The I Belong Project™ uplifts the stories and voices of kids in foster care who are legally free for adoption. The pop-up photo and video shoots take place monthly as part of an entire day designed for youth to have fun, play and just be kids. Capturing and sharing each story is done with the utmost dignity in the hopes that the resulting videos connect children with a family.

Has Fostering Ruined My Children?

Insights from birth children in a foster/adoptive home “What if this ruins his life?” I understand the question.  It’s one my husband and I struggled with at the beginning of our fostering journey shortly after our first child was born. …

Meet the Kids: Chattanooga I Belong Project with Blue Care Tennessee!

The I Belong Project™ uplifts the stories and voices of kids in foster care who are legally free for adoption. The pop-up photo and video shoots take place monthly as part of an entire day designed for youth to have fun, play and just be kids. Capturing and sharing each story is done with the utmost dignity in the hopes that the resulting videos connect children with a family.