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...
by beanstalk | May 11, 2017 | Blog, foster care
Sometimes, we are surprised by small blessings… Today was a tough one. One of those days when I question why we choose to foster kids. We have this sweet spot in life right now with our girls – they are young enough to always want to be with us yet big...
by beanstalk | May 4, 2017 | Blog, foster care
Thousands of people across the state of Missouri are impacted by foster care each year. Want to know how? Here are some facts and figures: The average length of stay for a Missouri child in foster care is 2 years. There are over 68,000 reported incidents of neglect in...
