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National Foster Care Month

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month and National Foster Care Month. Plus, Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week runs through May 1 – 7, 2022. This year’s theme, Relative and Kin Connections: Keeping Families Strong, brings more awareness to the importance of strengthening relative and kin connections and the positive impact these relationships have on maintaining family and cultural ties for children and youth in foster care..


Foster Care Resources

Live Webinar: Navigating Life in Foster Care: A Panel of Young Adults with Lived Experience

Thursday, May 19, 2022 | 1:00 – 2:30PM EST

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Use coupon code FOSTER at checkout to receive your FREE registration.

EXTENDED ACCESS AVAILABLE: May. 20 – June 20, 2022

In-Demand Webinars

C.A.S.E. offers 24/7 accessible webinar resources, below are foster care related topics available to you:
  • Talking with Children in Foster Care About Adoption and Permanency
  • Common Needs of Teenagers Who Are Adopted or Being Fostered and Jobs For Parents to Support Them
  • What Prospective and Adoptive Families Should Know About FASD
  • Too Many Losses Too Soon; Loss and Grief Among Foster and Adopted Children

Blog Articles

Celebrating Love During Foster Care Month – Read blog article

Written by Tony Parsons

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Supporting Foster Parents through Their Loss and Grief – Read blog article

Written by Madeleine Krebs, LCSW-C

C.A.S.E. Counseling

C.A.S.E.’s counseling and specialized support improves outcomes for children and youth who are adopted or in foster care and their families, turning these statistics into success stories. Learn more

Additional Resources

  • Children’s Bureau Resource: Reflections: Stories of Foster Care
  • Get Involved in the Foster Club

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301-476-8525  (phone)
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caseadopt@adoptionsupport.org

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866-217-8534

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