Over 400,000 children and youth are in foster care. They frequently face instability and may be required to move between multiple foster homes throughout their time in the system.
The Emotional Significance of a New Bag for Foster Children The transition into foster care can be one of the most turbulent periods in a child's life. Often, this shift involves a change in environment and a significant emotional and psychological adjustment. For many of the more than 400,000 children...
Children face numerous challenges during their journey through the foster care system, with one of the most heartrending being the loss of personal dignity and stability. Moving from home to home with their belongings stuffed in trash bags can erode a child's dignity, sense of belonging, and self-worth.
Making a Meaningful Contribution: The Benefits of Donating New Bags to Foster Children For children and youth placed in foster care, life can be confusing and uncertain. The transition can be overwhelming, characterized by fear, bewilderment, and insecurity. Uprooted from their known surroundings, they typically find themselves in foster homes...
I have spent my entire adult life to this point training and educating myself in Child welfare, trauma, and the foster care system. I don’t know if I would call myself an expert yet, but I’m working on it. The foster care system is complicated. It’s messy and most of the...
We had 16 Foster children through our home in two and a half years. We had ages newborn to 18. And still, each and every time a child arrived with nothing, or with items shoved into a black garbage bag, we still stood in disbelief.
