How to Handle Language and Identity when Adopting from Another Country
This guide explores how adoptive families can support language, culture, and identity when welcoming older youth through Kidsave’s Summer Miracles international adoption program.
30 Crown Care Kits Donated to Kidsave’s EMBRACE Project
Kidsave received 30 Crown Care Kits from Jack and Jill of America, Inc., supporting Black youth in foster care by affirming identity, confidence, and culturally appropriate self-care through Weekend Miracles programs.
Poverty Is Not Neglect: Support Families, Don’t Separate Them
Most child welfare removals labeled as neglect are driven by poverty, not abuse. Investing in prevention—housing, wages, and support—keeps families together, reduces trauma, and strengthens communities.
Become a Mentor, Foster, or Adoptive Parent
If you have time, compassion, and a good heart — there’s an opportunity for you to make a difference. You can become a mentor, a
What I Needed, I Became: Camelia’s Story of Survival and Self-Love
Camelia overcame foster care struggles, addiction, and instability to become a community leader—proving the life-changing power of one caring adult in a young person’s life.
Rooted in Culture, Raised in Love
Adopted by a loving Black family, Bourgogne Kinlaw Bourgogne reflects on identity, healing, and the importance of culturally rooted parenting for raising confident, empowered Black children.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
Foster youth face high rates of trauma and mental health challenges. Kidsave’s EMBRACE Project addresses this gap with culturally responsive care—because healing starts with community and support.
Kidsave’s EMBRACE Project + Weekend Miracles Are Launching a Flagship Peer Mentor Pilot!
This innovative Peer Mentor program pairs adults with lived experience - former mentors and adoptive parents, with inexperienced hosts and prospective adoptive parents of older youth in foster care.
Kidsave Alum Kaprea Greene’s Essay Featured in Word in Black
Kaprea Greene’s essay, My Journey in Foster Care, reflects on how mentoring and Black adoptive parents helped her thrive, emphasizing the urgent need for culturally aware support systems.
Finding Faith: Jamal’s Story
After seven years in foster care, Jamal found love, faith, and stability with the McKissicks—highlighting how answered prayers and the right support can lead to a forever home.
