By Laura Pitts, Foster Care Adoption Program Manager Today, I am thankful for you. For you ordinary and yet superhuman beings who are walking this path of adoption and trauma alongside your child or children. I’m not going to lie. Trauma is a serious challenge for our young people, their families, and the people who care […]
On Wednesday November 14th, Nadine was interviewed by John Reid for Richmond’s Morning News with John Reid, on Newsradio 1140 WRVA. John titled the segment “Adopt a Virginia Child Today,” and he and Nadine discussed the great need for foster care children in Virginia to be adopted. Listen to the broadcast here: […]
This November Fredericksburg Parent and Family magazine covers foster care adoption during National Adoption Month. CHS chief programs officer Laura Ash-Brackley contributes to a discussion about the need to provide permanent homes for teens and pre-teens in foster care waiting to be adopted, and covers some of the processes required—and the services provided by CHS. Click here […]
Comcast Newsmakers conducted a very informative interview of one our staffers for National Adoption Month. Yolanda Vazquez speaks with Sara Buckheit, CHS’ Post Adoption Program Manager. They talk about the needs for adoptive families and how Children’s Home Society of Virginia’s continuum of services meets those needs. Thanks Comcast! Click here to see the interview on the Comcast […]
CHS President & CEO—and CHS adoptive mother—Nadine Marsh-Carter was interviewed on ABC WRIC Channel 8 on November 1st. Nadine highlighted the need for foster care adoption—and some of the misconceptions of it—as part of an awareness campaign CHS has embarked upon for National Adoption Month. Click here to watch the video on www.wric.com Click here […]
By Laura Pitts Foster Care Adoption Program Manager It doesn’t take but a minute for me to rattle off a list of movies or shows that feature an older child being adopted by a great family and going on to have grand adventures. There’s Little Orphan Annie, 80’s Punky Brewster, the girls in Despicable Me, spunky […]
BY: Emily Kuezek, MSW Foster Care Adoption Social Worker Some of the CHS staff were able to attend an early screening of the new Instant Family movie at an event sponsored by Virginia Kids Belong, and we thought it was a hit! Instant Family follows a couple, Pete and Ellie, who begin the foster care […]
BY: KRISTEN TURSO The Possibilities Project Case Manager The experience of a child or teen in the foster care system is anything but normal. They are removed from their caretakers due to abuse or neglect and placed in a foster home or in a group home. They may only get to see their parents and […]
CHS has the special honor of announcing that Nadine Marsh-Carter, our CEO and President, has been selected as a 2018 RTD Person of the Year honoree! The RTD Person of the Year program honors servant-leaders and others who strengthen and highlight the Richmond region. The Richmond Times-Dispatch will honor 25 individuals in the 2018 RTD […]
by Cassie Cunningham Policy and Research Analyst We know youth who age out of foster care face systemic barriers through no fault of their own. These barriers can prevent someone from being fully independent and successful in life. Just like all young adults, youth who age out of foster care need help for a support […]