by Shineforth | Aug 11, 2025 | Foster Care
“Children in foster care are juvenile delinquents.” “You have to be married and heterosexual to foster.” “Pet owners can’t take in children in foster care.” “Only wealthy people can afford to foster.” You’ve probably heard statements like these—but are they true?...
by Shineforth | Aug 11, 2025 | Foster Care
Opening your home to a child or teen in foster care is a life-changing decision—one that comes with both logistical planning and emotional readiness. In Virginia, there’s a growing need for foster parents who can offer safe, welcoming spaces for children and teens...
by Shineforth | May 27, 2021 | Articles, Foster Care, News
Creating opportunities for young people in foster care and the loving foster parents who open their hearts and homes is top of mind for the Treatment Foster Care (TFC) team at Shineforth. But creating opportunity requires careful planning. “All families begin...
by Shineforth | May 21, 2021 | Articles, Foster Care, News
Shenika was 15 when she met her foster mother, Romania. Like most children in care, Shenika was nervous — skeptical, even — at the prospect of living with someone she barely knew. However, there was an energy and magnetism about Romania (pictured left) that Shenika...
by Shineforth | Apr 27, 2021 | Articles, Foster Care, News
Sahra knows what it’s like to be at rock bottom. She was abandoned by her mother at a young age, and a few years later lost both her father and stepmother to drug addiction. At 16, Sahra gave birth to her first child. She was pregnant with her second child when she...
