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Returning Home: Rehabilitation and Reunification in Foster Care In the journey of foster care, hope often means more than just finding a stable home—it means healing, transformation, and the possibility of family restored. This insightful article fr...

Better Matching: The Simple Answer to a Complicated Foster Care Debate A recent national controversy has put foster care policy back in the headlines. Federal leaders have asked states to roll back certain foster parenting rules that require families...

Breaking the Cycle: A Florida Mom’s Story of Hope and Recovery After years of addiction, one Florida mom found freedom and a fresh start through the nonprofit Better Together. Their mission to strengthen families and prevent foster care is helping p...

🌍 Global Foster Care News: Rising Racism and Safety Concerns in England Foster care leaders in England are raising alarms about a troubling rise in racism and far-right hostility affecting both foster families and children in care. Minority foster...

🌱 Let Them Grow Last month’s live training, Let Them Grow: Empowering Foster and Adoptive Kids with Trust and Choice, is now available as an online course on the Chaplain Ted Network. This trauma-informed training introduces the “Let Them” Theory —...

🏡 More Kids, Fewer Strangers: A Shift Toward Kinship in Foster Care “Right now in Colorado there are 978 children placed with relatives or close friends — but 1,407 living with traditional foster-families they didn’t already know. A growing number...

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💛 Help a Teen Girl Feel Confident and Warm This Winter A 16-year-old girl in foster care is in need of new clothing to help her feel comfortable and confident as the weather gets cooler. She is very petite and currently doesn’t have properly fittin...