Foster Focus

This is the time of year many people are reflecting on the previous year and looking to make goals for the year in front of them. As an agency, we are no different. We look at the characteristics of the children we cared for, why we had to deny the placement of other children, the families we licensed, and the adoptions that were made. There is always a flow of families in and out. When families adopt, they most often no longer foster. So, we must license new families in order to keep caring for children. Last year we served [...]

One of the highlights in this job is when we have adoptions. It is such a happy time for all of us. We know how far the child has come while in the care of the foster/adoptive family and couldn’t be more pleased to see the family finalize the adoption. Many of our adoptions occur because families have been fostering children and then those children become available for adoption. By that time the family has become so invested and attached that they can’t imagine the child going anywhere else. Other times there are children available for adoption but the foster family decided not to [...]

The Foster Care and Adoption program at Texas Girls & Boys Ranch is growing and flourishing!  At this time, we have more families than we have ever had before. More and more people are becoming aware of the variety of services that we offer and we are helping more kids than ever! Couples are being referred to us by their friends or from our current foster parents.  Folks looking to foster or adopt a precious child also like that we are a faith-based agency and we share values similar to theirs. We take children from birth to 17 years [...]

Being a teenager is hard enough but being a teenager in foster care can be even more challenging. There are teens who graduate from school and from foster care and suddenly have to face going into the world all on their own. Most young adults need support from their family once they leave home. They call home to ask for advice about how to cook something, or how to complete adult tasks such as filing taxes or buying a car. They may even call to ask for help paying a bill. They also usually want a place to go [...]