All children deserve a home and a family…

Do you have room in your heart for an

adolescent in foster care?

Do you remember the awkwardness of being an adolescent?

What if you were an adolescent who had experienced abuse and neglect...had been abandoned by your family and had no one to count on? 

What if you had moved so many times and gone to so many different schools that you were not able to make friends and feel accepted?

You can be the one who helps an adolescent heal the scars of their past and prepare themselves for the future.  CRI’s foster and adoptive parents help their adolescent children to catch up in school, learn social skills, and learn independent living skills.  They have a lasting, positive effect on the adult that this adolescent will soon become.

Nadine, who has been a foster mom with CRI since 1997, says…

“I enjoy working with teens because they are challenging and we will learn from each other.  It pleases me to be able to give a home to someone who has gone through difficult times in their young lives.  I enjoy helping people who could not otherwise help themselves.  I like to give a teenager a second, third, and fourth chance and more opportunities.”

Louis is an eighteen year old who has been living with his foster family since he was thirteen.  He is a handsome young man with a bright future ahead of him.  He was an honor student for most of his high school years, he loves his younger foster siblings, and he has worked hard to get past the hurt that he has experienced in the past.  Louis completed an independent living program while living with his foster family, and is now about to enter college.   He will always be a part of his foster family’s lives, even when he eventually moves out on his own.

Krista is a fourteen year old who has had some problems with being oppositional and defiant, as many fourteen year olds are.  Her foster mom is a single mom, and she and Krista have worked hard to set rules and develop a good relationship.  Krista is now in a college prep program at school and is in a summer work program.

John has been with CRI since he was fifteen.  He is now eighteen years old, and with the support of his foster family and social workers he has graduated from high school, moved into his first apartment and gotten his first full-time job.  John will be completing an independent living program, then he plans to go to college.

Maria is a fifteen year old who was placed in a CRI foster home with her sister, who is also a teen.  She has had issues in the past with skipping school and being sexually active.  Under the watchful eye of her foster parents, Maria has settled in to the family and is doing well in school, having appropriate relationships with her peers, and has even become a peer mediator at school. 

Our foster & adoptive parents receive support from CRI in many ways:

· Support from a social worker through home visits and by phone

· Consultations with CRI’s behaviorist as needed

· Monthly stipend and respite assistance

· Ongoing training for the foster & adoptive parents

· On-call emergency assistance

· Help in obtaining services and support for the    foster or adoptive child

If you are interested in becoming a foster or adoptive parent to an adolescent, please contact us!

Community Residences, Inc.
Therapeutic Foster Care & Adoption