For both children and adults, Halloween is one of the most anticipated nights of the year. What’s not to enjoy with all the pumpkin carving, costumes, and free candy? The…
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Goodbyes are never easy, especially when the youngster has spent a lot of time in your home. Almost always, the transition is a mixture of sad and happy moments of…
When the calendar nears Fall, you can almost hear the wheels of the bus move round and round as children return to school. Each school year presents fresh choices and…
Kinship caregivers, who provide 39% of the care for foster children, are crucial to the well-being of the children in their care. In honor of National Kinship Care Month coming…
You want to help because you’ve heard that there’s a huge need for families to adopt or foster teenagers who are in foster care. But you’ve spent time with teenagers before,…
Because not everyone is able to be a full-time foster parent, there is another way of helping a child in need. It’s called respite care, and you’d be ideal for…
Here are a few ideas to help you bond with your foster children. Because not all children respond the same, only do the activities that work for you and your…
There is a general mistaken idea out there that, without exception, all children in foster care in Dallas or Fort Worth, TX and around the country come from needy, abusive…
Meet the Smith family, Kids First parents who started by fostering and ended up adopting three siblings. For brothers and sisters in the foster care system, families like the Smiths...
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Every step of the foster system is being impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak, with many agencies experiencing a shortage of placement options. Due to the pandemic it is expected that…