foster care

Getting Started with Fostering: A Guide for Beginners

Fostering a child can be one of the most rewarding experiences you'll ever have. It's a chance to make a real difference in a...

The Benefits and Challenges of Fostering

Becoming a foster parent is a decision that can change your life, and there are joys and struggles that come with this unique and...

Becoming a Foster Parent

Comforting a crying child, making time to play pretend, listening to a story, cooking a great grilled cheese together — these unsung parts of...

How to Help Kids in Foster Care

The need for foster care doesn’t stop during a pandemic. Even during this time of global crisis, there are children facing their own personal...

Fostering Love 

That timeless parenting phrase -- “it takes a village” -- is never more applicable than when discussing foster care. Hamilton County Job and Family Services (HCJFS)...

Thinking About Becoming a Foster Parent? 

The child welfare system works hard to protect our society’s most vulnerable members, but they can’t do it without the heroic efforts of loving,...

Local Spotlight: Warm Welcomes Foster Care Outreach

Warm Welcomes Foster Care Outreach is a Cincinnati based, volunteer run organization that supports children living in foster care. Krista and Howard Lorenz and...

Becoming a Foster Parent in Ohio

14,000 Ohio children currently live in foster care. Foster kids are often transient, moving from temporary home to temporary home after experiencing neglect, abuse...

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