by admin | May 16, 2024 | Blog, Foster Care Adoption
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 reminder of their critical need for safe and loving homes. Foster Care Month is a call to action to raise awareness...
by admin | Apr 15, 2024 | Blog, Post Adoption Program
In a world where every child deserves a loving, stable, and forever home, adoption offers hope and possibility. However, the adoption journey extends far beyond placing a child into a new family. It’s a lifelong commitment with unique challenges, joys, and...
by admin | Sep 26, 2023 | Blog, News
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 August after our interim CEO Mel Tull finished his time leading CHSVA....
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...
