May 19, 2020 | Foster Care, Adoption
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, prayers, and a huge leap of...
May 14, 2020 | Foster Care
“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 are given a housing stipend of $1,000 a month that basically...
Apr 23, 2020 | Foster Care, Adoption
On March 11 & 12, our I Belong Project cameras were rolling in Kentucky and Indiana, capturing the stories of 23 kids mere HOURS before Governors were announcing COVID-19 quarantines. Dayna Gleason, Kentucky Kids Belong Project Manager shares, “While we were...
Apr 19, 2020 | Foster Care, Faith Engagement
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 Loyola ...
Apr 13, 2020 | Foster Care, Faith Engagement
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, but just behind...
Apr 8, 2020 | Foster Care, Government Engagement
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 kids....
