Support foster, adoptive, and at-risk families
The Foster Care Crisis is a community-wide problem requiring a community-wide response.
Our Impact
Help One Child is committed to our unique, holistic approach, serving the full breadth of child welfare from prevention through emancipation or post-adoption. By offering support to the entire family we strengthen and encourage long-term placement stability and health.
4,820
Child Beneficiaries
7,624
Volunteer Opportunities
84
Partner Churches over 7 Counties
Get Involved
Your community and church can make a difference.
We provide tools and opportunities for churches to serve families and children in need. The foster care system is vast and complex but with easy on-ramps for volunteers, churches can mobilize their congregations to serve vulnerable families and children.
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The Need
Foster Care is a community wide problem needing a community wide response.
Everyone can do something.
Upcoming Events
The Latest Podcast Episode
Positive Parenting Strategies for Foster/Adoptive Families
Take a listen to Kari Woerz who shares about Positive Parenting strategies to support youth who joined our families through a foster, adoptive or kinship placement. Which tips may be helpful or what to avoid? Try these at home today! Show Notes: Expert Biography: Kari Woerz is a longtime early childhood educator, resource parent, adoptive…
Recent Blog Posts
Turning Defiance into Connection: Practical Strategies for Healing with Your Defiant Child
“…Take a few deep breaths… stay calm… speak softly…” Behaviorist, Therapist, Adoption Expert, and Adult Adoptee, Bryan Post offers these simple yet reassuring strategies (and more!) for those who are parenting kids that come from hard places. Learn about the “how’s and why’s” of defiant behavior, and how parents can respond to help them move towards healing.
Looking at the Teen Brain
Donna Erickson, MA shares about the major brain development and pruning happens in the cortex during adolescence! Read on to see if you recognize some of the common challenges and positives of this stage. Take away some simple strategies to try with your teen!