Transitional Housing Program, or as we call it, “THP,” is a program that was created for youth who age out of foster care. This program allows us to help guide our young adults to a healthy and successful future. The benefits of this program are to help our youth participants establish a safe living environment…
There are endless acronyms in foster care, but the one we are adding to your memory bank today is ISFC. ISFC stands for Intensive Services Foster Care. Being an ISFC parent entails caring for children with much higher needs than the average child in foster care. Children at an ISFC level can have medical issues…
Steffanie Sanchez and her four siblings entered foster care when she was just 9 years old. She had known a life of homelessness and growing up in a household of drug addiction. Coming into foster care, Steffanie and her older brother were put into the Children’s Receiving Home of Sacramento, which is where they resided…
May is National Foster Care Awareness Month! Even though it might seem like it, this is not just a month to highlight foster families. This is a month to tell the world how we can all be a part of something bigger than ourselves. There was a quote that I recently read that says, “It…
This past month Children’s Hope hosted their annual foster parent appreciation dinner. This event was a night full of laughs, limbo, prizes, good food, and even better company. At this year’s event, we had a community outpour of raffle donations to give to each one of our foster families that attended the appreciation dinner. We…
Being a young foster parent comes with its challenges. One of those challenges has been the fear of fostering teenagers. I’m not going to say it is a walk in the park, because oftentimes, it’s not. Teenagers coming into the foster care system can have a much larger exposure to trauma. They are smart. They…