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…
(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…
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…
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…
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…
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”…
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 on a planned or unplanned…