CHS President, CEO and adoptive mother was selected as an RTD Person of the Year 2018. Her profile was published in RTD’s Discover Magazine in December. The story is followed by a Q&A. Read it below, or click here to read it on the richmond.com website. *** Love, loss and family: Nadine Marsh-Carter, Children’s Home […]
By Robert W.H. Mish, III About a year and a half ago, I drove to Richmond to attend Children’s Home Society’s Legacy event at the University of Richmond. It was a beautiful spring day for a drive from Lexington, and as I traveled east I thought about the kids in foster care who needed a […]
Cassie Cunningham, Policy and Research Analyst A new report “Fostering Youth Transitions” starts off with “All young people need healthy and permanent relationships with caring adults, reliable resources and accessible opportunities that will ensure their well-being and success” and we couldn’t agree more. Unfortunately, this new report also shows that youth transitioning from foster care to […]
By Sara Buckheit, Post-Adoption Program Manager Lights on trees, favorite meals, spending time with loved ones…these may be the cherished moments we look forward to at the holidays. For children and teens adopted from or still in foster care, emotions around the holidays are often much more complicated. What may seem to be a new beginning […]
By Marny Hackley, Development Officer For the almost three years that I have worked at Children’s Home Society, one of my responsibilities as the database administrator is to make sure our donor information is up to date and everyone is properly acknowledged for their gifts. I enter all the gifts in the database and see […]
Children’s Home Society was graciously chosen to be spotlighted by United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg as part of their Steps for Success campaign. United Way works with 40+ local and regional nonprofit agencies to tackle each of their designated nine Steps to Success. They encourage potential supporters to hear from leaders at these organizations and learn more […]
Jake Burns and his team from WTVR CBS channel 6 in Richmond produced an amazing story that aired on the 5:00 news on November 29. CHS enlisted the Timmermans, one of our adoptive families with a beautiful anD spunky daughter to be interviewed about the process and live-enriching benefits of adoption out of foster care. […]
CHS was interviewed for this in-depth story featuring one of our adoptive families by Adele Uphaus-Conner at fredericksburg.com…published on Sunday for #NationalAdoptionMonth. FLS and CHS Post Adoption Social Worker Anna Yates did a great job of conveying the importance of unconditional love and understanding the science of trauma. Click here to read the story at fredericksburg.com, or […]
WTVR CBS 6 features a different Virginia foster child every day of November/National Adoption Month in a series they call “A Hand To Hold.” This year we chose Navaeh to be profiled, which included a great promotion for the efforts and services provided by The Children’s Home Society of Virginia. Read Navaeh’s featured profile here. Here’s […]
CHS Chief Advancement Officer Bruin Richardson was interviewed about the “misconceptions” and “needs to know” about adopting Virginia youth out of the foster care system and into permanent, loving families. Click below to listen.