So… If you have spent any time at all with a kiddo from hard places, and witnessed the child at some sort of event, or party or place (think: amusement park, or trampoline park or carnival… Something with lots of excitement and stimulation)…and things are going great....
Media Contact: Chris Talley Firefly Children & Family Alliance Mobile: 317-995-1368 Email: ctalley@fireflyin.org November 1, 2022 Firefly Children & Family Alliance is proud to announce a new multiyear partnership with The BAM Companies. Formerly Barratt Asset...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Chris Talley Mobile: 317-995-1368 Email: ctalley@fireflyin.org October 28, 2022 The Teaching-Family Association will host its 45th Annual TFA Conference from October 30 – November 2 in Indianapolis, IN. Headlined by Keynote...
We all need support in this journey of foster care…and to help us along with some of the tangible needs, there are these amazing places called “foster closets”. Now you may not be into the process enough to know that these exist, but they can be a real life-saver for...
I might be going out on a limb (ok, not really) and surmise that most of us could agree that Halloween is based on a love of being scared…at least to some level. Now I must admit that I personally HATE being scared. I hate it. I hate jump scares, I hate blatant,...
So let’s take a few minutes and discuss Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Not really a “light” topic, so maybe you should sit down for this one. You may have seen commercials on TV to help bring awareness and understanding to PTSD, as well as to encourage current...
As you may (or may not if this world of foster care is new to you): many children from hard places have sensory needs above…and possibly beyond…those of the general public. Now, I have to admit…once I began looking into my child’s sensory needs, I realized that I had...
Moving from one home to another is a highly stressful event, in and of itself. Whatever it looks like…down-sizing, up-sizing, equilateral move…it’s going from one home to another and it’s stressful. Always stressful. And no matter how you slice it, there’s a lot of...
For many foster parents, finding affordable activities for the kids can sometimes be a challenge. Now, it might be true that the kids may simply want to park themselves in front of a TV, and on occasion that might be ok, but for those times when it’s not, may I...
At my house, we are always looking for resources we can tap into to help make our foster care, adoption or special needs journey an easier one. And one thing I’d like to discuss today is the Medicaid Waiver. Now…many people are under the impression that Medicaid...
