Foster care adoption

Foster to adopt is the most common method of adoption and the reason most foster parents decide to foster children. Learn more about adoption though foster care here.

Have questions about adoption from foster care? Here are some of the answers including waiting children lists and past issues with potential parents.

Think you could be the right family for an older child adoption? First, here are 10 things you need to know about adopting an older child.

Welcome back for the second installment of my series about preparing for an older child adoption from foster care! Steve and I have be...

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…

There are many bible verses about foster care and adoption. They show us God's heart for vulnerable children and our call to care for them.

Learn the first steps to becoming a Foster Parent and Adopting from Foster Care. Where to start, what to expect, how to get answers to your questions.

Adoption subsidies for foster care adoptions: what is reasonable and how to negotiate.

Finding purposeful ways to bond with an adopted infant will decrease or eliminate the impact of reactive attachment disorder after the adoption process.

Here are six common misconceptions surrounding the youngest children in the foster care system and six explanations to set the record straight. #WaitNoMore #FosterCare #Adoption #Infant #Parenting #FosterParents #FosterFamily #Family

Ok so a social worker just dropped off a new placement...now what?! You don't know the kids they don't know you, the whole thing can be ...

I finally got around to seeing Instant Family and I thought it was a good blend of accuracy and humor in portraying what foster-adoptive ...

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

Being trauma informed is crucial if you are engaging with foster care. Learn who is impacted by trauma and how to view behaviors.

Find this story of foster care and adoption in Oklahoma with resources.

Being a foster parent can be one of the most rewarding jobs a parent can take on...

Creating a Family strengthens foster, adoptive, and kinship families and the professionals who support them by creating expert-based, trauma-informed resources, community support, and training.

This free printable Homestudy checklist for adoption and foster care will make gathering documentation easier.

Yes, you read that correctly. I know what you're thinking: there are so many children in the world who need a "good and loving" forever family. Why would I discourage people from adopting? The reasoning is this: when you choose to adopt, the child must be the #1 priority. Here are 10 reasons why a person should not adopt, and why: 1: You are anti-connective and attachment parenting. Arguably, adoptees have experienced trauma to some degree (the separation from their biological parents, at…

How does foster care adoption work? Does it matter if the child is older or younger than your children? What if there are behavioral issues? Your questions answered by the experts!