Tag: Post Adoption Programs

08/31/2023 - Post Adoption Support for Adoptive Families

August 31, 2023

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 health or safety, they will be removed from their homes and placed into the […]

05/24/2022 - National Foster Care Month and the Importance of Advocacy

May 24, 2022

May is National Foster Care Month! National Foster Care Month is an initiative of the Children’s Bureau. Each May serves as a time to acknowledge and recognize foster parents, family members, volunteers, mentors, policymakers, child welfare professionals, and other members of the community who help youth in foster care find permanent, loving homes. In Virginia, […]