One of the downsides to foster care and adoption is the major unexpected expenses that can come out of nowhere. The Family preservation fund is designed to assist families with these unexpected expenses so that the budding family can stay together. 100% of the money given to this fund is spent on helping these families [...]
I beleive we have tried to sanitize our civilized nations of orphans. We closed the orphanages and put the healthiest of the kids in foster homes. The more difficult children and sibiling groups live in group homes. We have reserved residential treatment facilities and hospitals for the most difficult kids. Ask me what the difference is between an orphanage and a group home or residential treatment facility.
It has been a year of achievments at Forever Homes. We received our tax exempt status from the IRS, we are having our first big public event, and we have doubled the amount of families we serve. But one mile stone, over all the others, makes us feel “all grown up” — we received our [...]
The first year or two after the placement of a child with an attachment issue is very difficult on the child and the family. I equate it to a trauma treated in an emergency room. It is not pretty and there are some extreme measure that need to be taken to stabilize the patient. Having gone through this myself a couple of times, I wish I had had something I could have given to the people around me to help them know how they could help (actually not working against me would have been fine too). I wrote this list so that adoptive parent can have something to hand to their support network. Feel free to add your own suggestions in the comments below.
2 years from the date of our incorporation, and 8 months after filing our application, Forever Homes has finally received its letter of determination from the Internal Revenue Service declaring that we are exempt from Federal Income tax
Join us in for a concert at South Hills Church on Friday May 15th at 7pm for as we rally together to proclaim that the 120,000 children waiting for adoption in the United States and the 5 millions orphans around the world are not forgotten, not abandoned and NOT FORSAKEN. Christian Music artists Shawn McDonald [...]
Yeah, kids bounced around in foster care fall behind in school. Yeah, school is important. But parents of RAD kids just can’t be involved in helping their kids with homework. Jennie has been great at separating home from school in the kids minds, while working tirelessly with the teachers. (I on the other hand want [...]
’tis the season to reflect on the previous year, so I wanted to highlight some of my favorite moments from 2008 and all that God is doing in and through Forever Homes.
A recent law passed in the Washington State legislature, allowing foster families to camp in State Parks for free, was the only excuse the families at Forever Homes needed to plan the First Annual Forever Homes Camping Trip. Families with a mixture of foster, adopted and biological children met on July 19th at Lewis and [...]
Forever Homes was featured in the Community Section of The Perfect Move Magazine. You can download the entire edition from The Perfect Move website, or get it here.
