Joe Ritchie is the most influential person to VKB that you've likely never heard of. Joe was a co-founder of America's Kids Belong, our...

Our award recipients truly represent family care and belonging. Their story together began in 2002, when, as many good stories start, a...

Welcoming teens in foster care into your home is not easy. Many people hesitate to foster teenagers because they believe it will be too...

We are thrilled to announce our Inaugural Virginia’s Kids Belong “Family Means Care and Belong” Award; a new award to honor one special...

“I’m bored.” These two words can send chills into the bones of any parent, especially foster parents who are often caring for large...

We all know that foster and adoptive parents are not superheroes! They need the support of their friends, family, and community so that...

What does wrap-around support for foster families and kids in foster care look like? Two brothers came into foster care after being...

We are thrilled to share this guest blog by Reagan Lowe, a happy foster mom, in Richmond, Virginia. If you ever decide to become a foster...

His support was crucial both because I respected him, and because I knew if he was on board, many others would join in.