Foster Care and Adoption
Praying Hannah's prayer for Samuel
"For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition which I asked of Him." -1 Samuel 1:27
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Be an advocate for hope: Why and how we must better support vulnerable children and families
The child welfare system in Texas is constantly changing. Federal court rulings and legislation along with findings from state reviews continue to...
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‘No one should have to live like that’
Do you ever look at a child and think to yourself, "Wow, no one, especially not an innocent child, should have to live like that?" If the answer is...
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The quiet need in foster care
When we began our first steps toward getting involved in foster care, like most everyone else at that stage, we set out to become licensed to take...
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Volunteer: Serve children in foster care so parents can continue caring for them
In order to be a foster parent, adults must participate in regular training sessions where they learn how to best care for the children who have been...
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How to become a foster parent: What you need to know (part 2)
Part one of this series on how to become a foster parent covers the big picture—what is CPS, what is foster care, what you will need to do, etc....
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A broken system, a glimmer of hope
Child placing agency case managers are in this unusual position where they work hard to be supportive of children and families, but don’t have much...
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Foster care is in our DNA
Some traits are embedded so deeply into us as individuals and as a society that our actions and reactions are nearly unavoidable. We just can’t...
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What can I do?
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Texas foster care system has been in headlines all over the state. There has been a shortage of foster families and an increase in...
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'I opened my door': South Texas foster mother heeds God's call to care for modern-day orphans
I love that God gave us the stories of people, real people, in his word to look back at. I love that we get to see their flaws and their successes. ...
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