The operations of foster agencies in all three states vary, but they share the same goal: to provide children care in a safe, supportive environment.

The foster family would renew those clearances every other year, which is more often than the new three-year requirements for employees and volunteers who work with children. Foster parents must also ...

Erin Floyd is a foster parent who resides in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. My spouse and I became foster parents for the first time about a year ago, knowing we could provide a stable, loving and healthy ...