What support does a foster family crave?
Have you ever been asked how you can support a foster family? What do they really need to succeed? How can you impact their hearts as they give of themselves to children in their homes. There are so many things you can do (acts), to list a few: laundry, meals, deliver food, give them a break and watch the kids (this might require first aid and a background check), clean their house, braid hair, take family photos, paper plates, paper towels, yard work, celebrate the child (baby showers), drive them to visits. Those are all things that will possibly require both time and money. Not too much of either, but to bless the foster family with one of these acts it will take some of your resources. Let me suggest those are all well and good, but fall short of the real long term need for a foster parent. The truth be told, they just need to feel your support, to not be alone. To know that as they stand in the gap for the children in their home they have you with them. I use the phrase &