What. Are. We. Even. Doing?

Increased family connections, reduced childhood trauma, expedited permanency, and increased likelihood of reunification.

Research shows that these 👆🏼are the results of facilitating positive connections between foster and biological parents.

Increased family connections 👏🏼
Reduced childhood trauma 👏🏼
Expedited permanency 👏🏼
Likelihood of reunification👏🏼

If this isn’t what we’re working towards as foster parents, then what. are. we. even. doing??

Building relationships with our kids’ parents isn’t (just) about being kind and compassionate and humble toward them. It’s about doing all that we can to work towards creating the outcomes that we are praying for our kids.

(Research cited: Burton and Showell, 1997)