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Between Families – March 2023
March is National Social Work Appreciation Month! Social Work Appreciation Month is here! TFI invites you to join us as we celebrate our social workers! Tell your worker you appreciate them this month, as we know they deserve it! WHY WE LOVE NATIONAL SOCIAL WORK MONTH Kansas Care Provider of the Month Ashlee and Earl…
Between Families – February 2023
Help Us Find More People Like YOU! If you haven’t seen this already, the Marketing Team at TFI is asking our beloved foster parents to take a quick survey so that we can find more lovely foster parents JUST LIKE YOU! To find folks as lovely as you, we need to find out a little…
Between Families – January 2023
Saying “Goodbye” to a Child in Foster Care There are so many positives in the overall fostering experience, but it also comes with several unique challenges. One such challenge is the often inevitable issue of saying goodbye to a foster child. Unlike adoption, fostering often comes with an ending point; either as a child ages…
Between Families – December 2022
The Holidays in Foster Care Prepare the foster youth in your care for the holidays in your home. Have a discussion with them about your family’s holiday customs. Do you celebrate over multiple days, or is there one “main” celebration? Are there religious customs? Will gifts be exchanged? What should they wear? Who will they…
Between Families – November 2022
A Day to Celebrate November is National Adoption Month, and in honor of that, we would love to share an adoption story we collected this month…. Morgan and Brayden Fisher were in foster care for a total of 2,552 days. They were officially adopted together by Jason and Kelsey Stock. The Stock’s have three biological…
Between Families – October 2022
Ten Halloween Safety Tips Halloween is just around the corner and hopefully you have your costumes picked out! Before your night of trick-or-treating fun, consider these safety tips! 1. Never let your kids go inside a home to accept candy. 2. If your child’s costume requires a sword or weapon, make sure they know not to swing…
Between Families – September 2022
Self Care Tips for Foster Parents Are you a foster parent in the trenches of foster care and feeling worn out? Use these self care tips for foster parents to keep yourself going strong and able to care for your foster child. Foster care is challenging for the entire family, especially the foster parents who are the daily…
Between Families – August 2022
Helping Your Kids With Holidays & Birthdays As foster parents, it can sometimes be easy to understand why birthdays and holidays would be difficult for foster children. While these children are in a safe, stable environment for the holidays, many of their childhoods were not filled with gifts and celebration. Providing a positive, open environment…
Between Families – July 2022
New Perk for TFI Foster Parents Building lasting memories with family and friends helps you recharge. TFI wants to help this be possible and more affordable for our foster families. This month we have been approved to extend a benefit that can help make traveling and having family fun days more affordable for our foster families….
Between Families – June 2022
June is National Reunification Month It’s June and that means National Family Reunification month is upon us. This is an exciting time to celebrate the safe healing of families and the opportunity for children to return home to the people who love them! Foster parents are such an important part of the reunification process. By…
Between Families – May 2022
May is National Foster Care Month It is a month during which the community is reminded of this largely silent population that lives hiding in plain sight. Why May?May is the fifth month of our calendar. It hides right in the calendar, much like foster families live right in our communities but are often unseen….
Between Families – April 2022
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month Child abuse can exist in multiple forms, such as sexual, emotional and neglect. An estimated one in seven children have experienced child abuse or neglect in the past year alone. Of the cases, 78 percent included the parent as being involved in the substantiated abuse. In 2019, nearly 2,000…
Between Families – March 2022
Important and Influential Leaders in Child Welfare As we wrap up February’s Black History Month and roll into March’s Women’s History Month and National Social Work Month, we’d like to reflect on the history of influential Black women leaders with a connection to child welfare. Here are two amazing women who deserve to be celebrated!…
Between Families – February 2022
February is Black History Month! February is Black History Month in the United States, which is also referred to as African American History Month. Black History Month is a time of remembrance of Black history and a celebration of Black achievement. While the foundations for Black History Month were laid as early as the 1920s,…
Between Families – January 2022
Ten New Year’s Resolutions for Foster Parents As we look ahead to a new year, this is a great time to reflect on how we’ve parented both biological and foster children. Parenting children with special needs is a challenge, but often it’s the little things that lead to our biggest successes. Below are some realistic…