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KidsPeace Receives Grant for Sexual Abuse Prevention Programming KidsPeace announced it has received a $2,000 grant from the Scranton Area Community Foundation for a program that supports parents in northeastern…

KidsPeace FCCP in Maine receives grant for enrichment activities KidsPeace’s Foster Care and Community Programs (FCCP) in Maine has received a $5,000 grant from Portside Real Estate Group to fund…

Parenting is one of the most challenging and rewarding roles we can experience. The journey is filled with joy, challenges, learning, and growth, both for the parent and the child.…

Once a child leaves a foster home, it’s not at all unusual to find that ongoing contact and communication between a foster parent and child doesn’t occur. Often times, the…

Should You Fear Connecting with Birth Parents in Foster Care? Worrying about interactions with birth parents is understandable but in most cases, there’s nothing to worry about.  As foster parents,…

KidsPeace Foster Care has received a $4,500 grant to enhance its efforts to help older foster youth live independently in central Pennsylvania. The grant was made from the Bernard &…

January is National Mentor Month - but KidsPeace’s Cherished Connections Mentoring Program needs mentors all year around.  Often, a young person in foster care has limited to no connections or…

When the average person talks about “foster care,” they may not be aware of the significant differences between specific approaches of care.  There are important distinctions between “Traditional” and “Therapeutic”…

What is respite foster care? Respite foster care is an essential component of services in the KidsPeace Continuum of care. Youth are temporarily cared for by another licensed foster parent…