August 3, 2017 Support Services After Adoption – Part II This is part two of our series on the supports available to families and children who are adopted from foster... Continue Reading
July 21, 2017 Support Services After Adoption Did you know there are additional free-of-charge resources families can take advantage of even after families have moved from fostering... Continue Reading
June 22, 2017 Our Community, Our Children Video Can you imagine what your life would be like if you grew up without parental support, love, and no place... Continue Reading
May 18, 2017 The Power of One Caring Adult He’s been called “The Teen Whisperer.” Josh Shipp has had a remarkable life. His 17-year-old birth mother left him at an... Continue Reading
May 9, 2017 The Gift of a Story We’ve talked a lot on these pages about how children who grow up in the child welfare system lose many... Continue Reading
April 20, 2017 Calling All Heroes! In 2016, Michael and his wife, Rochelle adopted two children through Sierra. According to Michael, “we really appreciated all the... Continue Reading
April 6, 2017 National Child Abuse Prevention Month April is a beautiful time of year. The sunshine and spring showers revitalize the earth and wake up the flowers... Continue Reading
March 23, 2017 National Social Work Month March is National Social Work month so we would like to take the opportunity to say THANK YOU to the... Continue Reading
March 9, 2017 How Stress Affects Your Child’s Brain, Part II Two weeks ago, this blog featured a short video, which you can watch here, explaining how chronic stress affects the... Continue Reading
February 23, 2017 How Stress Affects the Brain, or Why Is My Child Driving Me Nuts? Why does my teenage son repeatedly lose his backpack? I buy him a new one and, boom, he loses it—immediately!... Continue Reading