May 18, 2023
Adoptee Voices: National Foster Month Q&A with Siblings Aya and Tala
National Foster Care Month is an initiative of the Children's Bureau each May to acknowledge foster parents, family members, volunteers, mentors, and other members of the community helping children and youth in foster care. Read More
May 17, 2023
Key Facts About Barker Adoption Foundation's Domestic Program
Siblings adopted through Barker's foster care adoption progam Read More
April 20, 2023
One-of-a-Kind Model for Foster Care Adoption Changes Lives of One Child, One Family at a Time-
All too often, children in foster care are placed with a family simply becasue they have room. At the age of 12, Eva entered the system, spending 3.5 years in multipe foster homes. Meanwhile, Jenifer, an attorney in Washngton, D.C., felt she had more to give after raising her two adopted boys. Read More
February 14, 2023
An Adoptee’s Experience: Family, Fortitude & Forgiveness: A story of searching for identity and belonging
At 43 years old through an ancestry search I found more than my DNA. I found family and that freedom-type of forgiveness that usually only comes from what feels like an impossible combination of acceptance, release and grace. Read More
January 19, 2023
Celebrate Lunar New Year with Your Adoptive Family
Celebrate Lunar New Year with Your Adoptive Family! What is Lunar New Year? Read More
November 7, 2022
From Shy to Sparkly
Rue didn’t smile for 3 days when Holly and Doug first met her in China, and she didn’t speak until she was on the airplane home from China, Holly says. After that though, she has not stopped doing either. Holly says “Rue is just a delight. She is so big and vivacious. She takes over a room. Read More
November 2, 2022
From Homelessness and Neglect to a Home and Love
Aya and her younger sisters Tala and Sarah were originally born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon. In 2004, the girls were brought to the U.S. Read More