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Foster Care and Adoption

Why We Root for Birth Families

Apr 16, 2021

At PCHAS, we support the goal of reunification, and we work with foster families who share this same value. But, we also understand the concept of reunification can be challenging to those first learning about foster care. Read More


Race and Foster Care

Mar 10, 2021

The foster care and adoption system has long reflected the effects of systemic racism. Read More


Now I’m Licensed to Foster. What’s next?

Feb 24, 2021

Congratulations! You finished training, have an approved Home Study and are now licensed to Foster and Adopt. You’re ready to be family for children who need one and PCHAS is working hard on your behalf. Here’s what will happen, next. Read More


What You Really Need to Know About a Home Study

Feb 21, 2021

Imagine you had an emergency and had to leave your children with a stranger. You’d want to know everything about them, right? As a Foster Care & Adoption agency, PCHAS also wants to know everything about the families we trust to care for vulnerable children. Read More


How Will Training Prepare You to Become a Foster or Adoptive Parent?

Feb 10, 2021

​Children entering the foster care system have experienced at least two traumas: the abuse or neglect that led to their removal and the resulting separation from their birth family. That’s concerning for many reasons, but there is hope because children can heal from trauma through safe and trusting relationships. We’ll prepare you to build these relationships and become family through training and one-on-one support. Read More


Kinship Families: We Have Help For You

Feb 04, 2021

Kinship Families, we want to make this complicated system a little easier for you. Read more to learn how. Read More