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5 Steps To Successfully Relating To Birth Parents

Adoptive parent and blogger Mike Berry offers his advice for forming successful relationships with birth parents.

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Initiative Aims to Transform Closing Naval Base into Career College for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care

If the proposal comes to fruition, the ensuing Sugar Grove College could become a new national model for how to help a vulnerable population while saving and creating jobs.

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Kansas City Royals, KCP&L Partner with KVC to Support Children in Foster Care

Royals pitcher James Shields hosted 250 children in foster care and their families during 2014 season.

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KMBZ Movers and Shakers Podcast

Danielle Bartelli and Jenny Kutz talk about how KVC is changing the way children in foster care are matched with loving, foster and adoptive families.

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Tough cop opens his home, and his heart, to brothers in need

Pittsburgh police detective Jack Mook hopes to teach adopted sons to be self-reliant and successful in life.

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KVC Finds Innovative Ways to Increase Adoptions of Children in Foster Care

KVC’s adoption innovations include a new adoption website, increased use of video and social media, and an Interactive Adoption Center at its corporate headquarters.

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Florida Family Adopts 6 Children From Foster Care

The Sheeks have two grown children, and said they never thought about fostering or adopting. But last week, they officially welcomed five girls and one boy as part of their family forever.

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When You Have Room at Your Table: A Foster Mom’s Story

Julie was a single woman working as a school teacher when she decided to open her home to children in foster care, simply because she had room at her table.

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5 Ways You Can Join the “People Matter” Movement

Whether a family needs in-home counseling to make it through life’s challenges, a teenager needs compassionate psychiatric treatment, or a child needs a temporary foster family or a forever family through adoption, we exist to serve children and families because people matter.

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Unconditional Love from Foster Parents

Tiffany McDonald credits communication and unconditional love as two very important ingredients for foster parenting.

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