Fostering Across Wisconsin Newsletters

Foster Parent Champions For most of us, making a major life decision involves gathering the opinions and input of a lot of different people. Sure, we turn to “the experts” […]

Person-First Language: Talking about Children and Youth with Special Needs Imagine walking into a room full of people you don’t know. In a situation like this, you want to put […]

Circles of Support: Caregivers Need Care, Too When you think of why you became a foster parent, and the traits that you possess that help you on your journey, what […]

Focus on Fathers Let’s be honest, foster dads don’t often get their due recognition. There aren’t many foster dad support groups or “Dad’s Night Out” for foster dads. But the […]

The Importance of Sibling Relationships The focus in foster care is often on a child’s relationship with his or her parent(s) and the efforts to restore that connection. Children in […]

The Many Emotions of Kinship Care For a lot of kinship parents, the decision to change hats from being a grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, or sibling to being in a […]

Supporting the Emotional Healing of the Children in Your Care One of the most important and ever-present jobs of a foster parent is to help children heal from past traumas […]

Coordinating Culture & Care When a child enters out-of-home care, there are so many questions and so many things on the to-do list. Ensuring that the child is safe, that […]

A Foster Parent’s Tool Box The journey of providing foster care is dotted with “a-ha” moments along the way. Over time, we pick up new information and strategies, process challenges […]

Breaking Through the Clouds: Dealing with Reunification Anxiety One of the primary goals of being a foster parent is to provide a safe and nurturing home and help a child […]