Everyone looks for a second chance. Maybe even a third or fourth.
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Everyone looks for a second chance. Maybe even a third or fourth.
Every child needs a permanent, nurturing family to give them the opportunity and support…
Youth Villages is endorsing a bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives…
As Mikki approached their 18th birthday, they were about to age out of foster care…
For Middle Tennessee-based Jaywanna Neal, fostering is second nature. Growing up, her mom opened her home to foster children and adopted a pair of siblings. When Jaywanna was single and in her 20s, she took in her first foster child. She said it was a great...
If you had to sum him up in one word, you’d say that Valaquez is confident. It’s obvious…
What if your family gave up their custody rights for you? Or if you entered state custody on your birthday? In Tennessee, approximately 8,000 children are in foster care at any given time.
Sometimes, a lot of factors have to align for fostering and adoption to be successful.
Youth Villages spent Thursday celebrating foster parents across the U.S. which is part of the agency’s first-ever “Foster Parent of the Year” award ceremony.
For newly certified foster parents Travis and Michael VaZant, fostering was on their minds for a long time…