The last day of this month, which has focused on foster care, very appropriately is National Aging Out of Foster Care Awareness Day. ...

May is National Foster Care Month, and a good time for me to answer a question I hear a lot, namely why anyone should become a foster...

Tina Griffin has a phenomenal website at www.CounterCultureMom.com, as well as a dynamic podcast. Join us as we discuss commitment,...

One of the biggest frustrations in being a foster parent is having to deal with rules that seem to make no sense. Bureaucracies create...

We had a great discussion on the Family Twist podcast about all things foster care. Listen at the link below as we discussed lessons from...

There’s a harrowing story from Seattle about often-overlooked victims of the hoteling crisis, namely the social workers themselves. Most...

An interesting study of foster care asked 503 youth in foster care about their experiences of physical, psychological, and sexual abuse....

Many state agencies have trouble keeping foster parents in the system, but West Virginia seems to have found an entirely new way to treat...

A group that I mentor with, Connections Homes, was in the news last week, and my husband and I were part of the interviews (for about 15...

Massachusetts has a new foster parent bill of rights that provides such important benefits as 10 paid days of respite care per year, a...

We've discussed before how the community can help foster families. This time of year, there is an even greater need for community...

I‘m flattered that my book will be the basis of an upcoming Zoom seminar about self care for foster parents and stepparents.  If you have...