Texas Family Initiative, LLC is a private nonprofit organization that provides experience, compassion, quality care, and services for children in foster care and foster/adopt families. We hold Foster Care Recruitment Contracts with the Texas Department of Human Services, Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS). As a partner with DFPS, we recruit and train families to become foster and/adoptive parents.
Texas Foster Care Blog
Discover the Happy Hard Work of Fostering Children
There is no way around it. Being a foster parent is super hard work. It will test you to your limits. And yet people keep choosing to become foster parents. There must be incredible rewards to compensate for the difficulties. There are incredible rewards. And not only do they compensate for the difficulties. They come…
How Short Term and Long Term Fostering Can Affect Your Family
The foster care system needs foster families that are able to take children for both short and long periods of time. While both kinds of adoption are needed, they differ quite a bit from one another. Because of this, it is important that you know how the two differ, so that you can determine which…
3 Simple Tips To Help You Connect with Your Foster Child
Making a foster child feel at home can come with its challenges. If you’re finding it hard to bond with and create an emotional connection with a foster child, don’t worry. Most likely, the child has been through a lot in the past. It may take them a while to warm up to you and…