Foster Parent Stories: The Garcias
Necco foster parents, Stephanie and Tony Garcia, passionately believe in changing the world, one life at a time. Grounded and approachable, their...
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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...
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Foster Parents: Can you Relate to These 3 Things?
A few months ago Yoga Journal featured a story on a woman named Mary Beth Larue. It was a touching recollection of the beginning of her journey in...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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From Foster Child to Foster Parent: Erin's Story
Erin was sixteen when her foster care referral came across my desk. The year was 2004. I had been a case manager for a few short years and had very...
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The Joys of Foster Parenting
With so much negativity being posted on social media recently, it is refreshing to see how one Necco of Grayson foster mother used it to share the...
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How to Become a Foster Parent
Requirements of Foster Parenting Before most families start their journey to become foster parents, they generally have a variety of questions. But...
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Adoption Stories: The James Family
2014 seems like forever ago for Necco Foster Parents, Victoria and Matthew James. The couple had struggled with infertility for years and were told...
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8 Things to Have Before Fostering
Entering foster care can be a scary and uncertain time for children. Thankfully, Necco has loving and caring foster parents who are ready with open...
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4 Questions for New Foster Parents
Necco calls you about a child in need. You answer. You are an approved Necco foster family waiting to welcome this child into your home. You made...
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