The Family Room Blog

The importance of youth being engaged in their own permanency planning

Learn about National Foster Care Month and ways to strengthen and support families.  

During National Foster Care Month, we focus on ways in which the child welfare system can strengthen families, improve well-being, and increase the likelihood of successful reunification

Illustrates how supportive networks can strengthen families and improve outcomes for children and families involved with foster care

With appropriate support, relative and kinship caregivers can succeed in providing a loving home to children and youth in foster care.

Jerry Milner writes for The Chronicle of Social Change on how we can move from Family First to true prevention.

ACF is making great strides with helping children and teens find permanent homes through adoption and legal guardianship, but there is much work still to do. 

National Foster Care Month celebrates the families and individuals who work with children in foster care.