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Foster to Adopt, Another Perspective
November is National Adoption Month. November 21st is National Adoption Day. Each year thousands of foster children in our country are adopted. Over 64,000 foster children were adopted in 2019 (The AFCARS Report) as reported by the federal government. 26% of our foster children nationwide were adopted to discharge out of foster care in 2019. We applaud our caring adults that make this...
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“For Goodness Cakes” Making Birthdays Special for Foster Children
Amy Dilling is a volunteer that anonymously bakes birthday cakes for foster children. “For Goodness Cakes” is a non-profit organization. This organization matches bakers, like Amy, with foster children soon have a birthday. Birthday cakes were always a big deal in our family, and they weren’t ordinary- like a cake that looks like a huge hamburger, sea monster, a stack of...
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Fond Memories of Foster Care
“All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.” ~Danny Thomas While looking through an old address book while writing out Christmas cards, I came across Beta Foster Care. I called the number to see if Craig (Craig Zacuto executive director/founder of...
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May is National Foster Care Month, Our Diversity Unites Us
Child Welfare Information Gateway-Foster Care Statistics 2016 May is National Foster Care Month, a time to honor our foster children and their caregivers.There are over 430,000 (Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2016 Foster Care Statistics) children in foster care nationwide. The faces of these children remind us of our duty to protect each child and face the challenge to preserve each...
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Why another Foster Care Blog?
Before I answer my own question posed in the title of this first blog article allow me to introduce myself. I am Craig Zacuto, M.A., LMFT. I am the executive director and founder of a small foster family agency in Orange County, California called Beta Foster Care. I have worked in the foster care industry since 1983, first as a County Child Protective Services (CPS) Social Worker then...
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