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May 13, 2022
Title: May is National Foster Care Month
Topic: Foster Care
Discussed by Helen Richardson
with Focus on the Family www.Family.org
Part 1 of 3
There are over 400,000 children in foster care across America today. Not everyone is called to be a foster or adoptive parent, but every Christian is called to help in some way.
Helen Richardson is the Foster and Adoption Care Manager at Focus on the Family. She also oversees
Focus on the Family’s Wait No More , providing events, resources, and education for foster children and families.
Today, Helen talks about her own experience as a foster child and teen. She also offers encouragement to foster and adoptive parents and helps us understand more about the needs they have.
Click
here to read more on
National Foster Care Month.
Click here for more information about adoption and foster care from
Focus on the Family.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Unfortunately, Helen and her sister grew up in the foster care system. What was her life like?
What is the difference between kinship care and foster care?
Are there plenty of resources available to families who wish to kinship and/or foster care? Helen discusses some of the resources available. Click the links above for more information and help.
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Title: Part 2 of 3 - May is National Foster Care Month
Topic: Foster Care
Discussed by Helen Richardson
with Focus on the Family www.Family.org
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Not everyone is called to be a foster or adoptive parent, but everyone can help
in some way. Helen offers some suggestions, like donating money to provide
suitcases and large duffle bags for kids’ belongings. She recalls her own
experience throwing a few items that were hers in a plastic garbage bag and how
discouraging it was. It might seem like a little thing to some people, but to
her (and other foster kids) it would have meant the world to have something that
was her own.
Click
here to donate to the Wait No More initiative.
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Title: Part 3 of 3 - May is National Foster Care Month
Topic: Foster Care
Discussed by Helen Richardson
with Focus on the Family www.Family.org
Questions/Issues Discussed:
In the last segment, Helen discussed the importance of foster kids feeling like
they belong and how we can help provide a little hope to them through a simple
suitcase.
What other ways can we help foster kids and foster/adoptive parents? Everyone
can pray! Click
here
to request your FREE downloadable Foster Care Prayer Guide from
Focus on the Family.
Are all foster children/teens troubled and “hard to handle”? Helen
reminds us that they are just kids who will have issues like every other kid.
What is the mission and purpose of Focus on the Family’s Wait No More
initiative? Click here for all the
details.
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May 14, 2021
Title: May is National Foster Care Month
Topic: Foster Care
Discussed by Helen Richardson
with Focus on the Family www.Family.org
May is National Foster Care Month. Not everyone is called to be a foster or adoptive parent, but every Christian is called to help in some way.
Helen Richardson is the Foster Care and Adoption Manager at Focus on the Family. As a former foster child herself, she has some great insight on how we can all help in some way.
Click here for more information about foster and adoptive care from
Focus on the Family.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
How was Helen personally impacted while in the foster care system?
Are all the children in the foster care system “bad kids”?
How can someone become a foster parent? How can Focus on the Family help get the process started?
What are some of the needs foster kids have? Suitcases or duffle bags (most foster kids use trash bags for their belongings!) Beds, clothing, diapers, books, toys, and gift cards. Meals for foster families. Lots and lots of prayer.
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