Way to Go!

One of our TFC children is graduating in June…congrats to him; the sky is truly the limit...good luck!

A TFC child went to regionals and another TFC child went to state regionals on their track teams. Some of our children and families were nominated for awards at different events.

Trauma and the Brain

On Wed. May 23^rd, there will be a free training at the Harford Community College Chesapeake Center. The training will be presented by Frank Kros. It is entitled Trauma and the Brain: The Developmental Impact of Trauma in Childhood.

The full details are as follows:

Wednesday May 23, 2018 from 8:00 am-3:00 pm

Harford Community College- Chesapeake Center

401 Thomas Run Rd., Bel Air, MD

You may pre-register at http://bit.ly/2FzDvvm

Would you like to attend an information session or learn more about our program? Please contact Karen Guilbault at kguilbault@arcncr.org or call the Treatment Foster Care Department at 410-836-7177.

A Forever Home

We would like to welcome our newest team member/recruiter Karen Guilbault. We are excited to have her join our team! Our TFC picnic is coming up soon. It looks like we will have a good turnout.

We have lots of fun with our foster families at The Arc. However, we know that often the goal is to find foster children “forever homes”. Whether it is with their biological families or adopted families, children just want to know that they are loved and have a place to call home.

Watch Jimmy’s story (in the video above) about his awesome foster mom and his journey to find a “forever home”. Do you have a heartwarming story? We’d love to hear about it! 

Wrapping Up

As this month comes to a close we are still excited about what is to come. We have received several donations and would like to thank everyone who gave. 

We had lots of laughs, games, conversation, and coffee! We look forward to our seminar next week with Dr. Girio-Herrera from Towson University. Keep in touch as we will be hosting several seminars and events. We always accept donations as well so keep em’ coming J

Our Winners!

Congrats to the winners of our FOSTERtration game! Thank you Sara G. for helping. Foster Care month isn’t over folks..you never know what we’ll have up our sleeves.!

Kate W.

Angeline H.

Thank You Parents!

We had such an awesome time at our Foster Parent Appreciation Dinner at the Greene Turtle in Bel Air, MD. When you put great people + a good cause + food together.. good things are bound to happen.

We can’t wait for next year! We want to say thank you to all our parents who go out of their way to make our kids’ lives a little brighter each and every day.

We're Having a Blast!

The month has just kicked off and we are already having a blast while creating awareness. We are waiting to see who will win our foster trivia game ‘FosterTration’! We have already received a few donations and are so grateful to have received such great gifts for our children; we know that they will appreciate it.

This Thursday we will host our Foster Parent Appreciation Dinner. We are looking forward to spending time with the amazing parents who have opened their hearts and homes to those who need it.

It's National Foster Care Month!

We had a wonderful seminar on Thursday April 6th, 2017. The seminar was presented by Manolya Bayar and Regina Roof-Ray from Harford Community College. It was entitled ‘Challenges and Obstacles Faced by Children and Adolescents in Foster Care’.

We received wonderful feedback and are looking forward to our foster parent dinner on Thursday May 11th when  we will be celebrating National Foster Care Month!

It's National Foster Care Month!

Did you know that May is National Foster Care Month?

To celebrate, we are having an awesome dinner for our foster parents as well as other activities that will create awareness about treatment foster care. We have set up a donation box in our lobby for our foster children. We are requesting items such as:

•    Feminine products
•    Fidget cubes/spinners
•   Journal or diaries
•   Board games
•   Barbie dolls
•   Gifts cards for clothing or food (ex: Wal-Mart, Target, Subway, etc.)

Please make sure that all items are new or “gently used”. These children are often removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect and placed on an emergency basis through our TFC program and come with little or no personal care items. All donations are greatly appreciated by the staff and our foster children who are in need.

In June, we will be having a seminar by Dr. Girio-Herrera from Towson University entitled Strategies for Improving Parent-Child Relationships and Preventing Noncompliance and Misbehavior. Be sure to come back as we will be providing more details about this event.

If you have questions on donating or Treatment Foster Care, please contact Wendy Kelly at wkelly@arcncr.org or 410-836-7177, ext. 335.