By Kelly Little The Santee family came into foster care looking to foster young children (up to 12 years old), but found success in fostering teenagers facing difficulty circumstances. Julie…
fcmediaMay 9, 2022
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
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
Lynnita and Tom Petroski from Hawley, PA are foster parents working with the KidsPeace Foster Care office in Honesdale. This is their story on how they became foster parents. Lynnita’s…
fcmediaDecember 21, 2019
When a parent brings foster children into the home, the additional child will change your family dynamics. After all, it is not just the adults who will be fostering this…
Bryan HoffstetterOctober 1, 2019
Having provided therapeutic foster care with KidsPeace in Maine for seven years, Betty Ann Wilder certainly understands what goes into developing a solid transition plan for a child leaving her…
fcmediaSeptember 30, 2019
“I didn’t set out to be a single parent. I set out to be the best parent I can be…and that hasn’t changed.” Single parenting is hard work. After…
fcmediaMay 16, 2019
