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National Foster Care Month: Engaging Youth. Building Supports. Strengthening Opportunities
National Foster Care Month, observed every May, spotlights the thousands of children and youth in foster care across the United States. It is a poignant...
How Friends and Family Can Support Adoptive Families
In a world where every child deserves a loving, stable, and forever home, adoption offers hope and possibility. However, the adoption journey extends far...
Q&A With Our New CEO, Krystal Thompson
In August, we welcomed our new CEO, Krystal Thompson, who worked as a social worker in the CHSVA Roanoke office in the 1990s! What a full-circle moment! Krystal officially started her new role in...
Post Adoption Support for Adoptive Families
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...
3 Simple Ways to Advocate for Children in Virginia’s Foster Care System
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...
My Path Forward – An Option for Aged Out Youth in Virginia
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...
Children’s Home Society of Virginia Hires Interim CEO, Mel Tull
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...
2022 National Adoption Month | Permanency Matters
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’s Home Society of Virginia 2022 Impact Report
Our 2022 fiscal year has ended, and we are proud to share with you our Impact Report! In our impact reports, we strive to highlight each of our programs, share exciting statistics, and feature...
How Adoptive Parents Can Prepare Their Home to Welcome Their New Child
If you’re in the process of adopting or waiting for your new child to actually come home, preparing your home for a new family member should be a top priority. Every new parent is in for the...
The Children’s Home Society of Virginia | Exploring Adoption in the 2010s
For the last year, we have been writing about our rich history. Each month has focused on a new decade, starting with the year we were founded, 1900, and going up until the 2000s. In these blogs, we...
CHS President and CEO Nadine Marsh-Carter Reflects On Our Rich 120-year History, and her adoptive family’s journey
As the CHS President, former board member, and adoptive parent, I am humbled and proud to be small part of the agency’s 120+ year legacy of serving Virginia’s children, youth and families. Like...
