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Things to consider when choosing a foster care agency in Colorado
It’s no secret that choosing to become a foster parent is a life-changing decision. Still, the majority of people who've fostered a child in need will tell you that the experience has made a remarkable impact on their lives. If you're considering fostering a child and...
Colorado Springs Couple Honored For Adopting Seven Foster Kids
Based in Colorado Springs, a couple honored for adopting their seven foster children. They are among the five families in the state that have been recognized for the year 2021 during November's National Adoption Month. Ashlette Lopez, who has spent two years of her...
Qualities of Successful Foster Parents
Here, we are going to explore some of the best qualities that can be found mostly in successful foster parents. Most often, these are the characteristics that professionals look for when recruiting potential parents. Take some time to discover the qualities that you...
What Are The Challenges Adoptive Families May Experience?
Adoption rates in the US are at no more than 2%, but around a third of families have considered adopting. According to the US Census, one out of 25 US families with children has an adopted child. Approximately 4 million babies are born in the United States every year...
Why Should You Consider Adopting a Child?
Like most hopeful parents, you may have gone through a long journey of bringing a little bundle of joy to your home. Perhaps you are just waiting for the right partner, are facing infertility difficulties, or have spent a lot of years thinking if parenthood was...
Everything You Need To Know About Adopting A Baby
Adoption is both fun and nerve-wracking process as it encompasses both the excitement of meeting your newest member of the family and waiting patiently for the right time to come. If you are looking for more information about adopting a baby, you came to the right...
The Unique Challenges That Come with Raising Foster Kids
Some parents chose to become foster parents of their own will, while some sort of fall into the role due to a relative's circumstances. Raising foster kids is very similar to raising biological children. Both require structure, love, discipline, and guidance. Both...
A Guide to Parenting Foster and Adopted Kids
Parenting is not an easy job. It is twice as hard to parent kids that are not biologically your own because they have acquired some personalities and traits before coming under your care. More often than not, parenting foster and adopted kids is being put in the spot...
What Are the Dos and Don’ts for Foster Parents?
Being foster parents is not a walk in the park. You have to commit yourself to providing the best environment for a child who is coming out of a bad home situation and give them the foundation that they need to get the rest of their life on track. If you are looking...
Foster Care and Adoption: What’s the Difference?
Foster care and adoption is a privilege that lets you love and support a child that is not your own. You’re opening your home, family, and heart to someone desperately in need. Both foster care and adoption have a crucial role in the life of a child in jeopardy by...
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Colorado has many foster children needing placement, and too few foster homes to care for them
On any given business day, we receive referrals from five to twenty children needing to be placed in a foster home. Children of every age, ethnicity and circumstance are referred, from newborn to 20 years old. Most of our children are referred along with their siblings. All of the children referred for foster care are removed from their family’s care for reasons of abuse and/or neglect.