Foster Care Awareness Month Articles

Memphis Parent – May is National Foster Care Month

Memphis Parent – May is National Foster Care Month

When children enter the foster care system, the priority is to find a path to permanency – whether through adoption or reunification with their biological family. Often, children are placed in foster care for a short time while the best next steps are determined.

Family gives back by opening home to foster care

Family gives back by opening home to foster care

Families who foster come in many shapes and sizes and enter foster care for different reasons. For George and Tracy Young, what began as a general interest in foster care turned into a way to become involved in their community.

Memphis Parent – May is National Foster Care Month

Foster Care Awareness Month

May has long been recognized as Foster Care Awareness Month. Nationwide, more than 390,000 kids need a foster family and in Tennessee, more than 8,000 kids need foster homes with approximately 4,000 homes available.

Helping foster families succeed

Helping foster families succeed

The state of foster care in Tennessee is in crisis. More children than ever need temporary, safe homes compared to the amount of open foster homes. Nationwide, a child is placed into foster care every two minutes, so the need is great. In Tennessee, more than 8,000 kids are in the foster care system with only around 4,000 certified foster homes available.

Youth Villages recognizes Foster Parent of the Year

Youth Villages recognizes Foster Parent of the Year

May is Foster Care Awareness month and Youth Villages uses this month to not only bring awareness to the kids in need but recognize the work done by foster parents, including a single dad from Cleveland winning foster care parent of the year.

It’s baby steps

It’s baby steps

Richard and Alvin Lewis had been married for five years before Richard began looking into fostering and adopting.

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