by Fostering the Family | Nov 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
Kalei Thompson – In March of 2018, I was living the dream. I was months away from my college graduation where I would receive my Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing. Exactly one week from graduation day I would marry the man of my dreams. We had everything planned....
by Fostering the Family | Aug 16, 2023 | Newsletter Articles
From Bri Rae DiCicco, Foster Mom and Digital Mathematics Teacher: Bailey came into our care on January 13, 2023. The semester before she had only taken two classes and earned 28% and 6% as her final averages. She enrolled in an entirely different school located in a...
by Fostering the Family | Jul 14, 2023 | Newsletter Articles
From Scott and Angela Bowser, Aiken and Edgefield County Coordinators: We recently set up a Care Community for a foster family who is caring for a four month old child who came into care due to a hurt leg, broken ribs (old and new injuries), and head trauma resulting...
by Fostering the Family | Jun 23, 2023 | Newsletter Articles
Did you know that June is nationally recognized as Reunification Month? As explained by the SCDSS, this month is used to “raise awareness and to celebrate the work put in to strengthen families.” Children that get removed from their home, through no fault of their...
by Fostering the Family | Mar 20, 2023 | Newsletter Articles
A Testimony from Lacy Hoover, Adoption Specialist, Midlands Division of Adoption Services “Currently, I work with families that are approved to adopt. Every year, we apply for recertification to prepare and complete home studies, complete background...
by Fostering the Family | Nov 28, 2022 | Newsletter Articles
Candice Gilliland – I started fostering in 2015, as a single parent to a five-year-old little boy of my own. I had a passion for fostering and adoption since I was about 13 years old and I kept waiting to have the perfect white picket fence scenario. I finally...
by Fostering the Family | Sep 15, 2022 | Awareness Events and Fundraisers
On September 10, 2022 Fostering the Family hosted an interactive 5k in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Within the race, we included some elements that offer an insight into the life of a child traveling through the child welfare system. Susie Boyle, Director of...
by Fostering the Family | Jul 7, 2022 | Legislation
We are living through a tremendous turn of destiny with the overturning of Roe v. Wade. In this Jubilee moment, our God is clearly upholding the cause of life, and we are seeing His glory revealed (Isa. 40:5). We believe that this decision by the Supreme Court is the...