For Children's Sake

They signed up to make a difference. Then the marketing team showed up with a camera. 😂🎥

Always grateful for a team that cares deeply and humors us along the way!

“Can I adopt the child I foster?”

Sometimes. But when a child enters foster care, adoption may not be their plan at all.

That child may have parents working toward bringing them home. They may have relatives who can care for them. Being in foster care does not automatically mean their parents have lost their parental rights or that they are available for adoption.

Foster care provides a safe place to live while decisions about a child’s future are being made. When returning home can be done safely, the goal is reunification. Foster parents care for the child while supporting that plan, including family visits and maintaining important relationships.

Adoption is a permanent legal commitment. It establishes the adoptive parents as the child’s legal parents. Before a child can be adopted from foster care, they must be legally eligible, which generally means their birth parents’ parental rights have been terminated or voluntarily relinquished.

So yes, some foster parents eventually adopt. But more often the goal is to help a child return home or transition into a relative’s care. Accepting a foster placement means understanding that you cannot choose or guarantee the outcome.

This is why “I want to foster” and “I want to adopt” are different conversations to have with an agency.

If your goal is adoption, ask about children who are already legally eligible and waiting for an adoptive family. If your goal is fostering, understand that you may be caring for a child whose plan is to return home.

And for a child whose plan is safe reunification, going home is the intended outcome, even when saying goodbye is difficult for the foster family.

The work we do is fueled by purpose, passion, and apparently kids’ sports, vacations, spoiled pets, and a serious Starbucks habit. 😂 Whatever keeps us going, we’re grateful to have a team that shows up every day for children and families. 💙

A little staff appreciation + a whole lot of team bonding 🤍

Our team spends every day showing up for children, families, and one another, so taking a day to slow down, have some fun, and celebrate the people behind the work was so special.

Kelley surprised our staff with the sweetest appreciation day, starting with brunch at Milk & Honey, putting our teamwork to the test in an escape room, and ending the day the best way possible… with ice cream! 🍦

We’re so grateful for a team that works hard, supports each other, and can have a whole lot of fun together, too. 🫶

Somehow “being at work” feels a lot less like work when you get to do it with your favorite people. 💛🥹

Every foster care team needs a little bit of everything 😂💚

One brings the crisis management, organization, problem solving, and casework skills… the other brings ✨the vibes✨

Together? The perfect work duo. 🤝