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Kids Belong has been in the news as we’ve been leading up to and launching our First Place Program. In case you missed
Explore stories, practical guidance, and updates supporting foster, adoptive, and kinship families in our community.

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

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

Kids Belong is building a stronger future for West Michigan teens who age out of foster care by helping provide aged out youth

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

I wrote a post a while back called “Why Do Foster Parents Need Support?” It is primarily information for the folks who are

We are really excited to be able to host the 2021 Back To School Event back in person this year! Not only that,

We are so excited about our newest location! The Grand Haven closet is located at Watermark Church, 13060 US Highway 31. Our Foster

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

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

One of the ways that Kids Belong supports local foster and adoptive families has been through our closet locations. The foster closets provide

This is a conversation we need to have. Often. And we need to keep having it. What can we do to support foster

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

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

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

A visual explanation of the need for foster homes in our community.

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

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

There are many reasons! Let me give you a few: Foster/Adoption is working upstream of possibly every other social issue we have. Homelessness,

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

Time and location are still to be determined, but Friday evening May 10, 2019 is tentatively set for our Get to Know Foster

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