May is celebrated as National Foster Care Awareness Month to bring awareness to the need for more foster care families. In Tennessee, approximately 8,000 children are in foster care at any given time. With fewer than 4,000 open foster homes, the need for more foster families is considerable. Jawyanna and Jonathon Neal knew that fostering was the way to add to their family. They were certified back in 2019 and celebrated their first adoption, Christopher in 2020, and their second adoption of Maliki in 2021. The couple continues to foster hoping to give two more children a forever home and a caring family.

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