by admin | Aug 31, 2023 | Blog, Post Adoption Program
Throughout the lifetime of adoption, loss, grief, identity, attachment, and trauma impact youth and their families. Youth are placed into foster care at no fault of their own. When a child experiences neglect, abuse, abandonment, or other issues that endanger their...
by admin | Jul 17, 2023 | Advocacy, Blog
When most people think of how to advocate for children in Virginia’s foster care system, they think of the winter time, visiting the General Assembly during its busiest time, running from meeting to meeting. But what about the rest of the year, like this summer? You...
by admin | Apr 27, 2023 | Blog, My Path Forward
What happens to youth when they age out of Virginia’s foster care system? Research proves when youth are no longer supported by the traditional foster care system, they are “at-risk” for devastating outcomes. To combat these devastating outcomes, we partnered with The...
by admin | Feb 2, 2023 | Blog, News
Drum roll, please! We would like to take this time to welcome our Interim CEO, Mel Tull! Mel will serve as Interim CEO as we search for a permanent replacement. “I look forward to working with the CHSVA Board and staff to ensure a seamless transition to a new CEO,...
by admin | Nov 22, 2022 | Blog, Foster Care Adoption
November is National Adoption Month! The goals of National Adoption Month include: increasing national awareness of adoption issues. shining a light on the need for adoptive families for older children and teenagers in the foster care system. emphasizing the value of...