By Akilah Adams After I hung up the phone with the agency, a million questions flooded my mind at once. What if I wasn’t as prepared as I thought I was? Where was the new pack of toothbrushes? Did I just accept placement of two children at the same time? Where did I put the box of stuffed animals? My name is Akilah Adams and I am a single mother. I have a daughter, … [Read more...] about My journey as a foster parent
Foster Care
Become a foster parent today
I have been a foster parent for more than ten-years and over five-years with Benevolence First Agency; during this time, I’ve fostered five children and have adopted one of those children and I’m in the process of adopting another one. Being a foster parent brings joy to my heart knowing that I can provide the love, structure, stability, and patience to children who may not … [Read more...] about Become a foster parent today
Foster care Q&A with Foundations Health & Wholeness
We asked, they answered! Foundations Health & Wholeness interviewed several of our licensed foster parents in the Greater Milwaukee Area to help shed some light on commonly asked questions/thoughts regarding foster care. Please read this, and know we value your questions and will always provide honest answers to help you make the best choice for your family regarding foster … [Read more...] about Foster care Q&A with Foundations Health & Wholeness
Milwaukee kids need Milwaukee foster parents
One-third of children in need of foster care in Wisconsin are in Milwaukee. That’s more than 2,000 kids living in Milwaukee who need a home. It’s important to give children in foster care some sense of normalcy, and that includes the opportunity to stay in the neighborhoods they are growing up in, attend the same schools, and not have to move to other counties and make new … [Read more...] about Milwaukee kids need Milwaukee foster parents
Every time foster kids move, they lose months of academic progress
How instability wreaks havoc on these children's school lives—and what can be done to fix it When 12-year-old Jimmy Wayne’s parents dropped him off at a motel and drove away, he became the newest member of the North Carolina Foster Care system. Over the next two years in the foster care system, he attended 12 different schools. “I don’t even remember what I learned—no, … [Read more...] about Every time foster kids move, they lose months of academic progress