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Explore stories, practical guidance, and updates supporting foster, adoptive, and kinship families in our community.

News Coverage of Kids Belong

Kids Belong has been in the news as we’ve been leading up to and launching our First Place Program. In case you missed

The Youth Who Need A First Place

Linda* (not her real name) was in foster care from her early teen years until she was 18. She bounced between a few

In Foster Care, Connections Matter

Connection is a powerful thing. Connection strengthens us and sustains us. When we as humans get tired and worn out, connection has the

Why Do Foster Parents Need Support?

The implied subtitle to this question is: “Don’t they get paid?” There might be many people who wonder why we should go to

A Request For Closet Donations

The Kids Belong closets have been around for several years now, supporting with foster families and helping fill in the gaps with clothing

Kids Belong Fundraiser

You can support Kids Belong THIS FRIDAY (3/13) in Grand Haven. Eat at the Grand Haven Panera between 4 and 8, and bring

Muskegon Needs Foster Homes!

It seems like the news out of Muskegon for the child welfare system is never good these days. There are just so many

Big Need, Big Families

We used to be great ambassadors for foster care, really we did. 8 years ago, in the early days, with two biological children

What Can We Do?

We don’t need new social service agencies, we need to connect kids with good foster and adoptive families through the agencies and systems

Some Local and MI Foster Care Numbers

– There are over 13,000 Children are in foster care in Michigan.  They have been removed from their birth families because of abuse

Annual Foster Care Open House

Every summer we host our open house event for foster and adoptive families.  This is always the highlight of our summer as we

The Foster Homes Needed in Muskegon

You may or may not know this, but Lansing (by “Lansing” I am referring to main governing body of DHHS in Lansing) keeps