Stories and Resources
What is foster care?
More than 400,000 kids in the U.S. are in foster care today. This five-minute video gives an overview about why children enter foster care and the role foster parents can have in giving them a safe, temporary home.
Show me you’re not going to leave
A former foster youth shares why teens need parents after they turn 18
Fostering as a single parent
Tracey relies on support from her church family and community
There’s life after aging out of foster care
Young people face an uphill climb when they age out of foster care without a family. But don’t underestimate their drive and their dreams.
Caring for migrant children who need a home
Tori and Billy's foster care story
Updates about those we serve
Kids and families in the U.S.
Who are the kids in foster care?
School-age children, sibling groups, and teens need foster families. Hear from Amber, a young woman who aged out of foster care.
3 tips for parenting teens from hard places
The teen you love today was once a child who was hurt. That child is still there inside them, wanting and needing love.
What are the steps to becoming a foster parent?
Learn how Bethany will train you to be a foster parent, what to expect in the licensing process, and more.
Refugees and immigrants
Faces of resilience: Serving refugees around the world
Read real stories from Ethiopia and Colombia.
Unaccompanied minors at the border: What’s happening and how you can help
Unaccompanied children need safe and loving foster homes now.
Families around the world
Engaged fathers lead to stronger families
Bethany led a two-day training for fathers in Ethiopia.
"Like a family” isn’t a family
Learn why orphanages harm children and how you can help.
South Sudanese mom becomes foster parent to siblings in Gambella’s refugee camp
Bethany's training equipped her to care for children.
Videos
Keeping Lucy's family together
Keeping children safe and loved through foster care
We weren't ready to stop being parents
A new family after the accident
A "Rayah" sunshine: An open adoption story
Bethany's 5 corporate values
Keeping Lucy's family together
After Lucy escaped sex trafficking, violence, and addiction, volunteers provided a safe, temporary home for her children so she could get the help she needed to heal.
Keeping children safe and loved through foster care
How Tamika and Chris welcome children into their family
We weren't ready to stop being parents
Phillip and Kim have welcomed six refugee teens and a baby into their home.
A new family after the accident
After her son's devastating accident, Sandra decided to become a foster parent for teenage boys.
A "Rayah" sunshine: An open adoption story
Kimberly and the Shabans share their emotional journey towards an incredible open adoption relationship.
Bethany's 5 corporate values
Discover the five values that drive our daily work.
