The purpose of Friends of Foster Families is to provide financial aid for the land acquisition, building materials, labor costs, etc.
for the building and maintenance of a Christian group home in northeast Montana.
08/03/2023
9 Heartbreaking Facts about Foster Care.
9 Facts on Foster Care
#1: There are over 400,000 kids in foster care in the United States.
#2: Kids in foster care suffer from PTSD at twice the rate of returning war veterans.
#3: Only 55% of teens in foster care graduated from high school in 2020.
#4: Children can experience eight or more placements while in foster care.
#5: Homelessness is a chronic problem for teens exiting foster care.
#6: A significant number of kids in care struggle with mental health conditions.
#7: Only a small percentage of kids in foster care will finish college and earn a degree.
#8: Kids who age out of foster care face significant barriers to employment.
#9: In 2020, a child entered foster care every 150 seconds in the United States.
07/25/2023
A worthwhile cause.
04/26/2023
Just leaving this here 🤍
04/14/2023
I want to encourage anyone not just foster families, if you know someone who is suffering from depression please seek help. Talk to your children and adult friends.
Depression affects so many people, it does not care about your status, race, wealth, etc. There is help available. If you do not know where to go or help, please reach out to us.
Some resources in our area of northeast Montana include, Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center ---> https://www.emcmhc.com/
Youth Dynamics has some resources too. There is also a the American Foundation for Su***de Prevention ---> afsp.org/chapter/montana
There is also an annual conference held in Montana. The 2023 Montana Conference on Su***de Prevention is being held in Billings Montana on Friday July 28, 2023 at the Billings Hotel & Convention Center ---> montanacosp.org
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We began this journey somewhat reluctantly. It began with a recurring dream. My wife, old and gray standing in a kitchen, not in our home, but rather in a home we have yet to build. In my dream Kristy (my wife) was cooking breakfast for all of these children that I had never seen. I somehow knew instinctively that these were children with no where to go. The dream was very vivid and continued each night for months.
In March of the following year (2015) a young lady walked up to Kristy in school (Kristy was a teacher’s aid at the time) and asked her to adopt her. Kristy told her that was not something to joke about. The young lady, Alyssa Mae Shugart, said that she was not joking. She learned a little more about the situation and said that she would need to talk to her grandparents about everything. Alyssa and her two siblings were living with their grandparents whom they barely knew.
We contacted the Department of Public Health and Human Services and scheduled a meeting with a social worked after school. We were there to discuss the placement of these children aged nine, twelve, and fourteen. Two of the sisters wanted to stay together while the older sister wanted to live with another family.
After the meeting was over the social worker told us that the two children would be placed in our care. We were not prepared for the immediate placement of the children. The nine year old was only days away from her tenth birthday. We all agreed that the young ladies would stay with the grandparents until the Sunday of the nine year old’s birthday party.
After over three long years of court dates, struggles integrating two new members into our family, and various other ups and downs we were able to adopt those beautiful young ladies.
