Heather and Eric Tarpley are foster parents working with the KidsPeace Foster Care office in Muncie, IN. Here Heather reflects on her journey to becoming a foster parent: I was…
fcmediaOctober 25, 2021
Families Making A Difference By Stevie Bonnevie Laurie and Chris Tomascik first became licensed as therapeutic foster parents in June of 2012. “We always talked about it but wanted to…
fcmediaSeptember 27, 2021
“Teenagers only 4 our journey” Like many foster families, Ron and Julie Barker first planned on fostering young children, but through their first placement they found that caring for teens…
fcmediaSeptember 9, 2021
Indiana foster parents Rickie and Julie Clark have been married for 25 years and have two biological adult children. Here Rickie describes their decision to become foster parents and what…
fcmediaAugust 26, 2021
May is National Foster Care Month and, after a year of pandemic, how has foster care changed? On the latest Conversations with KidsPeace podcast, we talk with two KidsPeace foster…
fcmediaMay 5, 2021
The stigma surrounding mental and behavioral health services manifests itself in many ways. In the case of the foster care system, one effect is the acceptance of “myths” about the…
fcmediaJanuary 12, 2021
Nick and Kelly Kohler knew from the beginning of their relationship they wanted to look into adoption as a way to build a family. Now they’re the proud parents of…
fcmediaDecember 2, 2020
When did you think about becoming a foster parent? We thought about becoming foster parents for over a year. We are in our 40’s and we cannot have any…
fcmediaNovember 12, 2020
The need for foster parents is acute even in the best of times. Today, amid the crisis stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, many kids are still waiting for foster families…
fcmediaMay 1, 2020
