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The Opportunity To Fulfill A Dream & Empower A Youth.
Children’s Home Society feels that empowering youth is one of the most important factors in their life and for their community. Youth empowerment is a process where children and young […]
Heart for Giving to Children and Families
“Sometimes when you donate money, you wonder what it’s really being used for, and does it really help. We like seeing the positive impact of our support.” A few years […]
27-Year-Old Decides to Foster, Then Adopts 7-Year-Old
Mary Murphy adopted her daughter Katie through CHS after serving as her foster mom for 15 months. Her interest in fostering piqued during her time evaluating grant proposals from nonprofits […]
Meet the Johnson Five
Doris and Shemroy Johnson are experienced parents of two adult children. They felt they had been blessed with their daughters and that their home and hearts were big enough to […]
Holiday Card Contest
We have closed our card entries for this year. Please be on the lookout for next year’s contest.
Keeping Families Together – Intensive Family Preservation Services
Our IFPS team will work with more than 450 families this year. Every year, many families in North Carolina are at imminent risk of out-of-home placement for their children. Children’s […]
CHS placing greater emphasis on Shared Parenting & Reunification
CHS has worked in partnership with Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago to develop a leading-edge practice model to build on the strengths of its Foster Care to Permanency […]
Couple Fosters 206 Infants Over 40 Years
Just days before their foster care license expired, the day they planned to retire from foster parenting after 40 years, Judy and Alan Patterson welcomed their 206th infant into their […]
Navigating Tremendous Challenges
At a time when we are navigating tremendous challenges, we are again confronted with the reality of inequality and racism that still exist. We at Children’s Home Society have been trying […]
Unbelievably Resilient
Unbelievably Resilient (formerly known as FosterStrong) was inspired by the youth and alumni of foster care that Sean Anders, director of Instant Family, met during the filming and release of the movie, and was […]
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