2017 Christmas Party at Fun Nation
UncategorizedFoster Friends of Acadiana conducted a community-wide effort to collect gifts for (49) foster children who have been freed for adoption and looking for a forever home.
About (40) of the children attended a Christmas event held at Fun Nation…
Steps to Foster Care/Adoption Certification
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Orientation - Informational meeting to provide an overview of the agency and the foster/adoption programs.
Application and Fingerprinting - The application is the beginning of the certification process and is required to proceed through…
Lafayette's First Mass Adoption
UncategorizedFoster Friends was honored to be able to participate in our community's first ever, Mass Adoption Ceremony and Celebration. The event was held this morning at The Evangeline Room on Guilbeau Road in Lafayette.
(11) families got to adopt…
Who Are The Children Needing Foster and Adoptive Homes?
UncategorizedThe agency receives custody of children ranging in age from infants to teenagers.
They may have an emotional or physical illness, have been neglected, abused, or abandoned, or have experienced a breakdown in the family, or the death of a…
THE NEED FOR FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION IN LOUISIANA
News, UncategorizedNeed Foster Homes for Adolescents
Currently, there is a lack of families and individuals willing to foster teens. Because of the shortage of foster homes, teenagers are being relocated to different parishes across Louisiana or placed in group…
2017 Community Advocate Award
UncategorizedDustin Phillips, 4-H Sponsor at Carencro Heights
Foster Friends would like to recognize Dustin Phillips for his years of dedication in helping the foster children in Acadiana.
Dustin works at Carencro Heights Elementary School and is the…
2017 Summer Adoption Recruitment Event
UncategorizedFoster Friends, Louisiana Heart Gallery & Four J Photography came together with the Lafayette Region - Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS) to host a recruitment event held at the Kart Ranch in Lafayette, LA on June 9, 2017.
The…
Medical Connections Anyone?
UncategorizedJoshua is 6 years old and has cerebral palsy along with a long list of other diagnoses. He had an infection last year that left him nonambulatory and nonresponsive.
Lafayette Region Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS) has…
