What to Know About the Foster Care System

What to Know About the Foster Care System

The foster care system has over 400,000 children in it in the United States alone, and the number is only increasing with each passing year. Despite the large number of children in need of a home, some states have less than 10,000 beds available to accommodate them...
How To Interact with Adoptive Parents

How To Interact with Adoptive Parents

Adopting children can be the happiest time of a person’s life. Many people adopt children for a variety of reasons. And as a society, it is our responsibility to respect the decisions of others, even if we don’t necessarily agree with them. And that is precisely why...
2018 Sets the Record for Adoptions

2018 Sets the Record for Adoptions

Families needed to make more room at the dinner table this Thanksgiving season, especially as 2018 saw a record-high adoption year. Over the past year, adoptions from foster care have risen by 18 percent, with Louisiana boasting a record increase during the twelve...
Foster Parent FAQ

Foster Parent FAQ

Curious about what it takes to become a foster parent? You aren’t the only one. There isn’t a lot of information regarding the process of becoming a foster parent, what happens before, during, and after floating around on the internet. Hopefully the below FAQ will...