We must face facts that many parents today who are raising children grew up in families with a lack of safety, health, connection and school readiness themselves. They cannot give their children what they did not receive. We have to help, teach and empower them to do better. Read More
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
Among teens aging out of foster care, one in five will become homeless. One in four will become involved in the criminal justice system. Alisa Griffiths aims to change those statistics. Read More
PCHAS has several residences for young adults preparing to leave the foster care system. Alisa Griffiths, director of Missouri residential programs, tells us what it means to “age out.” Read More
