The month of May is designated as National Foster Care Month, a time for individuals, organizations, and communities to renew their commitments to ensuring a brighter future for foster youth and to celebrate the selfless individuals who making a meaningful difference in the lives of foster youth.
At the Child Welfare Information Gateway, you can access resources: on building connections with families involved in the child welfare system through meaningful family engagement, for child welfare professionals seeking to engage and build meaningful connections with youth who experience foster care or to support enduring relationships with their siblings, and for professionals seeking to support the educational stability of children in the child welfare system. You’ll also find personal stories from individuals who are part of the foster care system.
Links to national organizations taking part in National Foster Care Month and to related events are also available through the Child Welfare Information Gateway. While you’re there, be sure to read President Obama’s proclamation of National Foster Care Month.
