Why The Fostering Community Needs Unbound

My husband, Zach, and I have been foster parents for more than 6 years. It has been a long road and a wild ride, with a lot of beautiful bumps along the way that have shaped my understanding of what it means to live in community with all people. We have welcomed kids from birth to 16 years old, through both long-term placements and respite care, and have seen the huge variety of needs that come along with these placements. While fostering a 16-year-old and a 10-year-old last year, we encountered a particularly high amount of red tape, road blocks, bureaucracy...

by Carolyn Kountz