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Welcoming a new foster child home!

Written by Olivia Edited By Helena When a new foster child joins your family the established family dynamic is changed. A child may feel uncomfortable and uncertain about their place within the home. You may wonder, how can I make this… Continue Reading →

The Importance of Fostering a Teenager

Written by: Rory Edited by: Katarina Looking at the Numbers The numbers are staggering when evaluating how many teens are being adopted from foster care. It is said that only about 5% of children that were adopted were between the… Continue Reading →

How Can You Help A Foster Family?

Written by: Katarina Edited by: Olivia What is a Foster Family? A foster family is formed when a child is placed into a group or private home of a state-certified caregiver who is referred to as a “foster parent.” Alternatively,… Continue Reading →

Unspoken challenges Foster Care children go through

Written by Natalie Kerr Human Trafficking Human Trafficking is the act of enslaving one by permitting force onto one to engage in sexual behaviors. With that being said, human traffickers prey on victims who are usually fragile, hopeless, have low… Continue Reading →

What is happening in the Texas foster care system?

Written by Olivia Edited by Helena As the COVID-19 pandemic persists, the Texas Foster care system is struggling to provide foster children with appropriate homes. Texas has seen more and more homes closing their doors to foster kids. Families are… Continue Reading →

3 Easy Ways to Helping Develop a Young Foster Kid’s Life

Here’s a worst case scenario for you: you’re a child who has been taken away from your family for some reason, whether that be abuse, financial disabilities, or parental health. You become another number in an underfunded system that has… Continue Reading →

Child Advocacy

Written By: Helena Edited By: Natalie   View Waiting Children When looking through ways to support children within the foster care system in Travis County it does not take long to stumble across the searching system embedded in these websites…. Continue Reading →

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