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The Birthday Joy Program delivers "parties in a bag" to children in foster care, shelters, and low-income homes across Texas. What started with one mother's memory has grown into nearly 5,000 celebrations annually.
A newborn boy found at a Canberra fire station last November is healthy and thriving with loving foster carers. Officials are reaching out with compassion to his birth family, seeking information to help shape his beautiful future.
Community leaders and first responders turned models at a charity fashion show that raised money for foster families and police dogs. The sixth annual event brought style and substance together to support Marion County's most vulnerable.
Volunteers in Vigo County, Indiana are stepping up their training to better advocate for foster children navigating the court system. Some advocates are former foster kids themselves, bringing personal insight to their mission.
A Columbia firefighter plunged into freezing water the day before his wedding to rescue a pit bull trapped in an icy pond. The exhausted pup, now named Gill, is recovering and available for foster care.
Boston CASA is recruiting volunteers to advocate for foster children in court, no special skills required. One retired IT worker has already changed eight young lives through simple acts like trampoline parks and apple picking.
When ICE detentions left pets without their families, The Bond Between stepped in with emergency foster care and reunification plans. Volunteers from across all 50 states are now helping keep these beloved animals safe until they can go home.
More than 62,000 kids entered foster care last year partly due to parental drug use, but a new federal policy will help pay for life-saving treatments that keep families intact. Child welfare agencies can now get reimbursed for opioid addiction medications that prevent children from being removed from their homes.
Former school bus drivers Larry and Tammy Pointer just adopted a brother and sister together, helping solve a critical need in foster care. Siblings are often separated in the system, but this Nashville couple made sure two more kids could stay together.
A Riverside County program that pairs foster youth with caring adult mentors desperately needs 40 more volunteers. One former foster child credits his mentor with helping him graduate from UCLA and build a successful career.
Manitoba's new poverty reduction plan focuses on helping young children, youth leaving foster care, and seniors—and local organizations say it's already aligned with the progress they're seeing. Community groups now hope for provincial funding to expand programs that are breaking cycles of hardship.
A nonprofit that gives abused and neglected children a voice in court can only serve half the kids who need help. Now they're opening their doors to train anyone willing to spend 30 hours learning how to change a child's life.
A vigilant postal carrier's call for help saved eight neglected Chihuahuas from an abandoned property in Arkansas. Now the tiny survivors are safe in foster homes and healing before they find their forever families.
A sharp-eyed postal carrier helped save eight neglected Chihuahuas from an abandoned Arkansas property. The dogs are now recovering in loving foster homes and will soon be ready for adoption.
Churches across America are building support networks for foster and adoptive families using three simple volunteer recruitment strategies. The approach is helping vulnerable children find loving communities while making it easier for families to say yes to fostering.