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Necco Foster Care: a Profile Report by Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

Necco engaged independent evaluators at Chapin Hall to support data analysis and continuous quality improvement efforts. This report gives an...

The 12 Hobbs Principles: Lauren McKeehan Delivers Joy in the Form of a Soccer Ball

Paducah Foster Care Program Director, Lauren McKeehan, lives the 12 Hobbs Principles that guide Necco every day.

7 Things to Know As You Wait For Your First Foster Care Placement

You’ve signed your papers, passed your background check, and completed your home assessment. Now you wait for the call. You might be wondering what...

Need Foster Parenting Advice? Read This.

"Dear Foster Parents,Welcome to the beginning of the most amazing, heartbreaking, rewarding, emotional roller coaster we call Foster Care. Remember...

A Love Letter for New Foster Moms

"Dear new foster mama,I want you to know that foster care is not easy, it’s hard. It may be the hardest thing you will ever do, but it’s so worth...

Life after Foster Care: Sondra’s Success Story

Sondra Lawson is wearing construction boots and steering the wheel of a Bobcat backhoe in a parking lot. Her job is to use the backhoe and other...

Foster Parent Stories: The Garcias

Foster Care Advice From a Foster Parent

Mary's Story Foster parents are an extraordinary group of people. They come from different backgrounds, geographic locations, and levels of...

Foster Parents: Can you Relate to These 3 Things?

Heroin Addiction Sends More Children to Foster Care

Heroin addiction to foster care As more and more lives are depleted by opiate addiction, more and more children are finding their way into a system...

Fostering older or younger than your biological child?

There is no right way to foster but Necco provides information to help you make the decision about what age is the “right” age for your home....

A Foster Home for the Holidays

How to handle Thanksgiving, Christmas and other celebrations as a foster parent. Holidays can be difficult for children in foster care. If a child...