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every child deserves a healthy, loving and safe home.
3 ways to make a new foster child feel welcome in their new home
Fostering a child can be a rewarding experience for both the child and the foster parents. However, it can also be a difficult transition for the child, as they may be leaving behind their familiar surroundings and the people they love. It is important for foster...
November is National Adoption Month!
Over 117,000 children and youth across the country are in foster care waiting for a forever family. For teenagers at risk of aging out of foster care, it is just as important to secure a permanent sense of belonging. This year, during National Adoption Month, the...
November is National Adoption Month
Kids At Heart provides Respite care to Foster, Adoptive and Kinship families. We want every child to have a foreever home that is safe and nurtering. To that end, we want to recognize that November is National Adoption Month. Learn more about how small steps can help...
Giving Kids a Break: The Importance of Respite Care in Foster Care
The value of respite care for foster, adoptive and kinship kids When it comes to respite care for foster, adoptive and kinship kids, the value cannot be overstated. Respite care provides a much-needed break for foster, adoptive and kinship parents, while also giving...
Importance of Respite Care
When children are removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect, they enter the foster care system. For these children, foster care is often a temporary situation until they can be reunited with their families or placed for adoption. In the meantime, they live with...
What Is Respite Care And How Can It Help Foster, Adoptive, And Kinship Children?
What is respite care? Respite care is a type of short-term care that can be used to provide relief for primary caregivers. It can be used for a variety of reasons, including taking a vacation, dealing with a personal emergency, or simply taking a break from the...
NoCo foster, respite community meets to discuss care
In a very well planned and executive brainstorming session, the Realities for Children staff culled an extensive amount of information from Larimer County respite and foster care providers. Lead by Craig Secher, Executive Director, and Tanya Witt, Partner Agency and...
What do changes in mask mandates mean for Kids at Heart events?
The short answer... absolutely nothing 🙂 While mask mandates are changing across the nation, the CDC revised their mask guidelines and the State of Colorado has started the process of relaxing requirements, Kids at heart staff, volunteers, parents and participating...
Summer camps for foster families
While the Nation slowly returns to "normal" after the pandemic year of 2020, Kids at Heart is doing is relaunching our summer programming. For the summer of 2021 we have one-day summer camps planned for June 10, June 11, July 8 and July 9 with our partner No Barriers....
Another Covid Easter
We're nearing our second Covid Easter. Strange but true. Covid has been in our lives for a year and we're starting to pass milestones for another year. If your family is like mine, we seem to enjoy the simple interactions of going to a store and talking to a live...
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