News in Foster Care/Adoptions

November 7th, 2024

Seven Core Adoption Issues for Adoptees, Birth Parents, and Adoptive Parents

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When asked, everyone likes to express that the adoption of a child is a celebratory and joyous occasion. Though…

August 22nd, 2024

A Spotlight on our Western Region Foster Care Program

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Six years ago, Crossnore expanded its reach to Hendersonville, North Carolina. What started as a foster care team of…

August 1st, 2024

Campus Foster Care: A critical piece of the child welfare system in North Carolina

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It’s the middle of the night and a county social worker has just responded to an emergency situation. Five…

May 9th, 2024

Keeping Sibling Groups Together

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For many children in foster care, their sibling has been the only constant presence in their lives. A sibling…

August 31st, 2023

Our Daughter

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“At a minimum, Nevaeh is two years behind in reading. We’re working really hard on the alphabet and sounding…

June 22nd, 2023

Preparing for Your Day In Court as a Foster Parent

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As a foster parent, you learn many new skills and parenting techniques. Most foster parents feel educated on child…

May 4th, 2023

How to be Long Term Foster Parents

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Foster parenting is a hard job, no doubt about it. It is a significant commitment in terms of time,…

December 8th, 2022

The Power of Co-Parenting

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Wouldn’t it be great if the word “co-parenting” could be eliminated from our vocabulary? That no marriage ended in…

April 14th, 2023

the way home, episode 34

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Today’s episode features Alex Hudson, Bridging Families Supervisor, and Deb Eiserman, Bridge Parent at Crossnore. Alex and Deb discuss…

September 1st, 2022

Unpacking Boxes – The Beauty of Bridging Families

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Boxes. What do you think of when you hear that word? For some of us it may bring up images of…

August 4th, 2022

Foster Where it Fits: Becoming a Respite Provider

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Not everyone can provide full-time foster care to children in the system. But often, when realizing that limitation, folks…

May 26th, 2022

How to get Licensed for Foster Care, Step-by-Step

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So you've decided you're interested in foster care. But you’ve also heard the horror stories about the paperwork and…

May 18th, 2022

Advice from Veteran Foster Parents to New Foster Parents

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Being a new Foster Parent can be an exciting, overwhelming, and challenging experience. There may be a lot of…

May 12th, 2022

How do I know if Foster Parenting is right for me?

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“I could never do that.” It’s the response I probably get more than any other when I tell people…

May 5th, 2022

May is Foster Care Awareness Month: Why Should You Care?

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May is Foster Care Awareness Month, but why should you care? Because in the United States a child is…

February 17th, 2022

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The HEART of the Church: Why We Should Say Yes

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I didn’t grow up going to church regularly, but my family found it in my teen years as we …

February 3rd, 2022

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The HEART of a Foster Parent: Why They Say Yes

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Many folks, at one time or another, may feel curious and possibly even called to foster care. With more…

January 13th, 2022

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Redefining Family: The Adams’s Story

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If you think your house is bustling, you should meet the Adams Family. No, not that Adams family –…

November 4th, 2021

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Transracial Foster Care & Adoption: Impacts and Interventions

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Growing up in the foster care system is often a lonely and traumatic experience.  Growing up with caregivers of…

October 28th, 2021

Busting Myths for National Adoption Month

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Monday is the first day of National Adoption Month. We have written many blog posts related to adoption, including…

October 14th, 2021

To Those on the Fence About Foster Care

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I share a foster care story or statistic, because their heart is breaking just a little more as it…

July 29th, 2021

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Love Multiplied: An Adoption Story

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Being a police officer and a social worker, Rob and Kristen Martin are no strangers to serving others. Rob…

July 22nd, 2021

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Five Reasons to Open Your Home to a Teenager

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Perhaps the title of this blog should have been more inviting, like “Free Chocolate and Hugs." That might have…

June 10th, 2021

Providing Hope and Healing for Transgender Youth

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Imagine Child Protective Services removing you from your home without notice. Imagine then being placed in a strange home…

May 12th, 2021

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Foster Home Growth – Expanding our Reach

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The number of children in foster care continues to grow each year. Currently, more than 12,000 children in North…

May 6th, 2021

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Foster Care Awareness Month: Coming Close to Those in Need

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May is Foster Care Awareness Month, a commemorative month that can feel impersonal until you make an effort to…

April 8th, 2021

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National Child Abuse Prevention Month

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April has arrived and brought with her longer days, warmer weather, showers that will hopefully bring flowers, and Atlanta…

January 21st, 2021

Fostering Hope in Polk County

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To say that Jeremy and Donna Wood’s lives revolve around children is quite the understatement. They have been married…

September 8th, 2020

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Loving Them to Permanency: A Foster Care Story

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In 1990, Carolyn Butler answered an ad she saw in the paper posted by her future husband, Norman, looking…

April 9th, 2020

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What the Pandemic Teaches Us about Foster Care

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It is safe to say that the current COVID 19 pandemic has taught everyone something new about themselves and…

March 12th, 2020

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Making a Difference for the One

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Tayte Laws is just about the cutest thing you’ve ever seen. The two-year old runs around the playground going…

February 13th, 2020

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Seven Ways to Help Children in Foster Care

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If you have a heart for children, especially children, who through not fault of their own, have found themselves…

October 10th, 2019

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Raising a King

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“Draw a superhero,” says, King, age 3, as I sit in his living room talking to his family and…

June 7th, 2019

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Foster Care Gone Right – Stories of Hope

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We asked our amazing Foster Care Team to share their best stories of "foster care gone right." Here are…

May 31st, 2019

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Foster Care Questions Answered

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To cap off Foster Care Awareness Month, we asked our amazing Foster Care Team to answer some questions for…

May 24th, 2019

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Nine Ways to Help Children in Foster Care

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Not everyone can be a foster parent. More than are can, but many can't. If you can't (but if…

March 1st, 2019

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Hope from a Garbage Bag Suitcase

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Shenandoah Chefalo was 13 when she first went into foster care. Prior to that her life had been filled…

February 7th, 2019

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The Mission of Agape Love

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First Corinthians 13 is a scripture that most of us know well. It is read at most weddings, and…

January 14th, 2019

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Chefalos for Crossnore Update!

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Last July, we posted a blog about the Chefalo family (read the post HERE) who were planning their holiday trip…

January 10th, 2019

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Living Out God’s Plan

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When you meet Adam and Megan Joseph, the joy of life is written all over their faces. But it…

December 21st, 2018

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Adoption Spotlight – The Harts

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Jim and Caroline Hart are a couple who have lived their lives in service to God, their family, and…

November 2nd, 2017

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A Picture of the Gospel

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It started when he was about five. Removed from his home because of his parent’s choices, Edgar had no idea what…

May 24th, 2017

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Three Benefits to Becoming Foster Parents

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In the past five years the number of kids in the NC foster care system has increased more than…

May 9th, 2016

Fostercare and Adoptions

For-Now Families and Forever Families

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This time of year is hard for many of our children. Mother’s Day brings up many memories…some pleasant, and…

March 29th, 2016

Foster Care and Adoptions: Changing generations

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People often ask us how others can be foster parents. How can they take kids they don’t know into…