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I get so confused with all the acronyms used with foster care. Great list here!

This is the beauty of foster care and adoption. What a privilege.... More

Home Inspection Part I. The foster-to-adopt process. 10 things to know, and how to pass the home inspection part. sarahkayhoffman.com

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I know people in supermarkets and school registration lines always seem to have a lot of questions when they see a family that was obviously built...

This is a post I originally wrote in April 2013. Many of you are new here, so I thought I would bring back some of the basics in the following weeks. Hope you enjoy. ************* In Chris Cleave’s…

Preface: First let me point out that despite all of the challenges and trials created as a result of growing up in the world of fostering, I still went on to become an adult who rejoined the fight...

As a foster parent - How to help kids settle in on their first night in foster care (or first night in your home)

Every state’s foster care system is run with different structure and rules, but one thing applies everywhere: there's actual kids underneath all those policies and paperwork.

Adoptive parenting brings joy to countless individuals and families across the world. Adoptive parenting, like all types of parenting, can be a source of great happiness - as well as considerable stress. Ideally, adopting a child can be the fulfilling of needs and wants - the child needs a family an

Here are a list of basic questions that foster parents can ask social workers when they get a call about a foster child being placed in their home.

There are some things that no one talks about when you decide to become a foster parent. Read them, on Babble.

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If you have opened your home to kids from hard places (IE foster and adopted kiddos), you probably have Big Dreams for them. It is only natural. After all, kids from hard places have…