As an organization, embrella talks a lot about what fostering can be like. But the best source of information on the realities of foster care is real foster parents – so we’ve collected some quotes from foster parents around New Jersey about what fostering has been like for them. See what happens when foster parents […]
The day you saw the full extent of your daughter’s addiction was the day you decided your grandson needed to live with you so he could have a safe and stable childhood. That moment was likely filled with hardships you never imagined having to face. Since then, the challenges haven’t stopped. You’ve had to dig […]
You’re used to your granddaughter coming to spend a weekend with you every once in a while, but this time it’s entirely different – this time she is going to stay with you until a court decides your daughter’s fit to care for your granddaughter again. Kinship care may seem like it won’t be too […]
As the number of kinship families grows, the need for more support services for grandparents raising grandchildren and other relatives taking children into their home increases. The greatest difference in foster care that I’ve observed from when I started fostering over twenty years ago until today is the focus on placing children with relatives or […]
Today, children entering foster care are often placed in the homes of family members or family friends instead of traditional foster families. Is kinship foster care better than sending abused and neglected children to live with strangers? Up until a few years ago, children who could not live safely with their birth parents mainly went […]