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How Churches Can Support Foster Families Beyond the First Few Weeks

Community Support Jen Decker McMillen 10/27/26 Community Support Jen Decker McMillen 10/27/26

How Churches Can Support Foster Families Beyond the First Few Weeks

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Most foster parents have sat in a waiting room wondering if they're the only one whose week looks like this.

Here, the hard stuff is expected. The providers understand trauma and foster care, so a parent can share their child's story without first e

Consider this your reminder to keep a Saturday open next month.

The farm opens up like this every month, and it's the kind of low-pressure stretch of hours that's easy to look forward to. No cost, nothing to bring, just a little while where the hard

Ask a foster parent what wears them down, and it's rarely the child. It's carrying all of it without anyone who understands.

Joy Meadows was built to change that. When a family has real support, therapy that's easy to reach, people who get it, a few

There's a concept in trauma work called felt safety. It isn't knowing you're safe. It's your body finally believing it.

So much of the work at Joy Meadows is helping a child reach that place, through calm, consistency, and trust built slowly over ti

We're so grateful for the small group from Church of the Resurrection who came out to serve at Joy Meadows.

Coming alongside is the whole idea. Caring for this place with your own hands is part of the circle of support around kiddos impacted by fost

There's no rubric on the wall here. No one's grading it.

A kid walks into the studio and, maybe for the first time in a while, gets to decide. What to make, which colors, when it's done. For a child who's had very little say in what happens to them,

Thank you, TFI, for giving your time and your hands to Joy Meadows.

The same case workers and leaders who support families through the foster care system came out to care for a place some of those families come to for support.

That's what circles o

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