Benchmark Family Services - Pittsburgh

Why do children enter foster care? 💙

The reasons may surprise you. Neglect, parental substance use, housing instability, incarceration, and caregiver crises are among the most common factors that lead to children entering foster care.

Behind every statistic is a child who deserves safety, stability, and hope. Thank you to the foster families and community members who help make that possible.

This is a little excerpt from my book….

Finding Your Calm: Responsive Parents Guide to Self-Regulation and Co-Regulation
�This book combines my knowledge of child development, brain science and trauma to offer parents a unique resource that includes lots of exercises, reflections, insights and also… links to additional research, articles and videos that can help support your healing and learning journey.

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Each person who opens their home to a child in need shows that child "you matter". Fostering isn't always glamorous, easy, or a walk in the park. But make no mistake, it matters!

There’s never a perfect time to foster or adopt. Just a decision to say yes, even when it’s inconvenient. The reasons to wait will always be there. But so will the need.