Foster Care and Adoption
Possum Trot impacted countless children in the Texas foster care system
How can we be encouraged to do the same?
“Not everyone can foster, but everyone can do something.”
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Kinship care in Buckner Kenya provides stability and hope
Many children in Kenya experience the loss of one or both parents. Then what happens?
Buckner International offers a variety of services to empower and strengthen vulnerable families in Kenya. In addition to life-enrichment services...
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One phone call can change your life: An inside look at kinship care
Buckner Children and Family Services offers support for kinship caregivers
Imagine the season of retirement is approaching for you and your husband. You’ve made plans, discussed your finances, dreamed about vacations and...
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The need for supportive relationships in therapeutic foster care
Creating wrap-around support for special needs children in foster care in Texas
Adverse childhood events (ACEs) are stressful or traumatic events that can happen to children between the ages of 0 and 17. They can be a single...
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Walking alongside foster families
How can your church provide support for foster families?
The fact that most foster parents quit within the first year due to a lack of support is a troubling idea to Chelsea Nemati. She and her husband,...
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The foster care journey
Opening your heart and your home
Foster care is a journey of the heart. It is one of great love, sacrifice and resilience, both for the children in need and the foster parents who...
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More than just love
Strong parents create strong families
Parenthood has its challenges – and it's not like there's a manual that can guide you through each and every turn you might take along the way in...
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Today is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
Preventing human trafficking by empowering the vulnerable
A young woman is regularly beaten by her husband, self-medicates with drugs and alcohol and loses her kids to foster care.
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Giving the gift of hope this Christmas
Programs across Texas hosted parties and more for families to celebrate the holiday
Spending Christmas with loved ones is a special time to rest, recharge and celebrate the birth of Jesus. But for some, Christmas can bring feelings...
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A lifetime with Buckner
Alicia Howell comes full circle from adopted to trustee
Alicia Howell was born in Dallas on April 9, 1967. She was just three days old when she left the hospital for her forever home with Drs. Don and...
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