10 Reasons YOU Want to Be A Foster Parent Many people tell us that foster care is something that they may have thought about for awhile. Maybe you know someone…
Bryan HoffstetterOctober 16, 2024
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…
fcmediaMarch 15, 2024
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,…
fcmediaMarch 14, 2024
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 &…
fcmediaFebruary 27, 2024
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…
fcmediaJanuary 19, 2024
(NOTE: This is an opinion piece authored by KidsPeace’s Jennifer Udvardi-Morris, and published in the December 15, 2023 edition of the Albany (NY) Times-Union newspaper.) In my nearly 20 years…
fcmediaDecember 15, 2023
The final entry of our “first day in foster care tips” series for foster parents notes the importance of following the newly placed child’s lead on communication: Take the time…
Elizabeth LunneySeptember 11, 2023
Here’s another tip on employing empathy to make a child’s first day in foster care less stressful – focusing on their new environment: Once the paperwork is done (and if…
Elizabeth LunneySeptember 5, 2023
Imagine what feelings you might experience if you found yourself in this scenario: Someone you don't know has picked you up from your home without notice, and you’ve had to…
Elizabeth LunneyAugust 28, 2023
