May is National Foster Care Month! Foster care is a safe place that gives a child and his or her birth family an opportunity to resolve conflicts or disruptions and learn healthy skills so the child can safely return home. Many birth families need help in learning effective parenting skills, overcoming substance use or learning healthy ways to cope with trauma they themselves have experienced. KVC offers foster care services in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and West Virginia.

Resources: 

• Become a Foster Parent 
• 7 Questions to Ask Before Your First Foster Care Placement
• Foster Parenting: Expectations vs. Reality
• What It’s Really Like to Foster Teens (And Why You Should Do It)
• Reunification: How Foster Parents and Birth Parents Can Work Together
• The National Foster Care Placement Crisis: Why Are Kids Sleeping in Offices? [VIDEO]