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Fox 2’s Hilary Golston paid a visit to The Children’s Center in May to learn more about our Foster Care Services. She interviewed Lynda Dandridge, Child Welfare Director, who shared [...]

In 2021, The Children’s Center has reunified 21 foster children with their biological families to date. It can be a difficult journey. Many children come into foster care having experienced [...]

My name is Nancy Willis, and I am a retired foster and adoptive parent. As a young child, my mother and I would read the newspaper, and we’d always see the same ad for foster parent [...]

May is special month for us here at The Children’s Center. It’s National Foster Care Awareness month — a time when we shine a spotlight on a program that is so important to Detroit [...]

At our 14th annual Power of Possibilities Breakfast, we heard from some of our families about their stories of trauma and triumph. One story from a brave, young woman named Nijeria, touched on [...]

“I decided to become a foster parent after being inspired by my neighbor, who showed me how simple it was to provide a loving home for children in need. When I came to The Children’s Center, [...]

When Alies Tapia re-entered America via Tijuana Mexico–it was not to pursue the “American Dream.” Alies’ journey is part of the nightmare experienced by over 687,000 children in the United States [...]

How you can become a foster parent Watch as our own Debora Matthews, President & CEO at The Children’s Center and Shereen Allen-Youngblood, foster parent recruiter, talk with Deena Centofanti [...]

May is National Foster Care Awareness Month. Watch our Shereen Allen-Youngblood on Fox 2 “The Nine” talk about the dire need for more foster parents. CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO   [...]

My story is not an easy one. I wish no child to have the childhood that I had. But I have been asked to share it. And the reason is a really good one. One that I know has the power to transform a [...]