LFCS Rallies Around Kids During This Election Season

by beanstalk | Oct 1, 2024 | Adoption, Blog, community prevention, family services, foster care, mental health services, Parenting, pregnancy services, youth development, Youth Programs

As election season approaches, we encourage you to focus on what truly matters: the well-being of children and families in our community. While we may be passionate about our politics, there’s one thing we can all agree on—every child deserves the chance to thrive....

Promise of Family through Reunification

by beanstalk | Sep 6, 2018 | Blog, family services, foster care, Parenting

Family means something different for just about everyone. Ideally, family means the people who love and care for you; those you see everyday, parents, grandparents or siblings. What happens when that ideal shifts or breaks apart? At LFCS, we work to make sure that...

A Promise of Love – Foster Care and Family Services

by beanstalk | Feb 26, 2018 | Adoption, Blog, family services, foster care

Love, Foster Care and Family When we are young, we assume we will fall in love, get married, and children will follow. But starting a family is not always as easy as we might assume.  Adopting from foster care was not the path to parenthood Ericka and Brad expected,...

A Promise of Love – Family Services

by beanstalk | Feb 5, 2018 | Blog, family services, Parenting

Parenting can be a challenge when you have the support of a caring partner or family close by, so imagine being a single mother of three, working full-time at minimum wage, and discovering a fourth child would be arriving in just a few short months. Where would you...

The Importance of Family Togetherness

by beanstalk | Jan 2, 2017 | Blog, Parenting, youth development

Our lives today seem busier than ever, and family bonding time may seem hard to find. However, spending more time as a family can improve your child’s physical and mental health. The Family Dinner Project is an organization that teaches about the benefits of eating...