by beanstalk | Apr 9, 2018 | Blog, family services, foster care, mental health services, Parenting
LFCS promises to keep families safe, healthy, and together. Foster care reunification is one way we keep that promise, but the path for parents is not always easy. Sha Sha knows. She faced the reality of losing her children. See how she handled it. ...
by beanstalk | Apr 2, 2018 | Blog, community prevention, Counseling, family services, pregnancy services
Did you know 5,141 children in the Missouri were involved in substantiated claims of abuse or neglect in 2017? April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. At LFCS, we want to talk about this public health issue and what we can do to address it. Here are just a few...
by beanstalk | Mar 12, 2018 | Blog, family services, foster care
Jared, Bella, Sam and Max are full of smiles as they chase each other around the playground. Sadly, it hasn’t always been like this. Who they are today is a stark contrast to just a few months ago when they were brought into the care of LFCS. A hotline call notified...
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,...
by beanstalk | May 18, 2017 | Blog, foster care
What if I told you that we could put an end to the foster care crisis today? Think about that. What if in a matter of months we could get EVERY foster child in the United States with a family? On top of that, what if we could appropriately support all of the country’s...
