Children Need Families

A shout out to all those who are dilligently working to help children in need of permanent families! How do we celebrate Foster Care Month...

I'm a huge fan of Dr. Bruce Perry!   Here is an article that gives a brief overview of his work and the neurosequential approach to heal...

If you live in Virginia and are involved in foster care, kinship care, or adoption then you have most likely heard of FACES of Virginia Fami...

Dr.s Fritz Redl and David Wineman are considered by many, to be founders of the moment to treat hurt children with dignity, understanding, c...

As we diligently work to help our hurt children behave appropriately, manage their anger, and free themselves from defiance and violence, it...

I found this excellent article, by Pat O'Brien at Adoption Information Center  of Illinois . Many teens in foster care have been disapp...

I admit I am not too knowledgeable about the workings of government and in the past have not written to my congress women and men all that o...

"People ask me. "What about gay adoptions? Interracial? Single Parent?" I say. "Hey fine, as long as it works for the c...

Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began...

"One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody." Mother Teresa One permanent, loving, and healthy connection to an ...

I love the idea of a permanency pact.   What is a permanency pact?   A pledge by a supportive adult to provide specific supports to a yo...

Residential Treatment Centers are locked facilities, or institutions supposedly designed to "treat" difficult children.  These pri...

The National Resource Center for Adoption is a leader in promoting adoption and permanency for every child! Their mission? To assist Stat...

We have thousands of children in the juvenile justice system, in residential treatment facilities, and institutions. While of course, we m...

"It's easy to say 'It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.' Then there are those who see the...

From Virginia DSS... There is a need to design and implement models of diligent recruitment for kinship, foster, and adoptive families to ...

Research is showing us that the most important key to the success of a child in the foster system is to have a one commited, permanent, lif...

I admit it!  I am a devotee of Dr. Bruce Perry! If you haven't discovered this brilliant neuropsychiatrist, and if you are interested ...

The greatest terror a child can have is that he is not loved, and rejection is the hell of fears. I think everyone in the world to a large o...

I love this... it is a great model for how children and families should be treated by Social Services! Virginia Practice Principles The ...

One of my new favorite sites... Foster Care Central! Stewart Gordon is the founder of FosterCareCentral.org, an innovative Website that se...

A must read.... Bazelon Center for Mental Health Tens of thousands of children with mental health needs are being placed in expensive, ...

“it fueled the fire in my heart to know that one day, finding a forever family who can provide unconditional love, a sense of normalcy, an...

Virginia Children’s Services Practice Model We have developed a common philosophy that has helped to shift practice to achieve better out...

Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoption Act! The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act (Fostering C...

According to Voices of Virginia, Over 6,900 children in Virginia are in foster care. Over 55% of children in foster care are 13 and older (3...

According to Virginia Performs, Virginia had the second lowest rate of public agency adoptin in the nation. The Commonwealth ranks first am...

Children need families. They need to have loving adults to care for them. They need people who love them. They need nurturing and love. Time...