It’s a cold, dreary December afternoon, and Diane is sifting through an assortment of toys, books, and trinkets at the Gift Gallery in Leawood, Kan. || This story is part three of our three-part series to highlight the end-of-year impact of our work at Cornerstones of Care.
Three years before the 2022 #NationalAdoptionDay event, Natasha’s grandmother, Tracy, began the long and laborious process of filing for adoption. || This story is part two of our three-part series to highlight the end-of-year impact of our work at Cornerstones of Care.
Pam Price was very involved in high school activities – from cheerleading to basketball, she kept herself busy in her teenage years. After a school event one night, she remembers seeing a crowd of parents, waiting to drive their sons and daughters home. It was a mundane moment, but it had special significance for Pam, who grew up in a single-parent home. With her parent at work, Pam walked home alone in the dark. It was then that Pam first thought about becoming a foster parent.
As part of National Runaway Prevention Month, this story features Justin Springer, a Cornerstones of Care Response Team Coordinator, and his efforts to reduce child runaways in Missouri.
On a cruise in 2020, Joshua and Matt discussed what type of family they wanted. Their conversation included fostering, adopting, or having children through a surrogate. The couple, married in 2018, knew they wanted a family; they just weren't sure what form it would take. They made their decision in 2020 when a friend, who is a foster care case manager, mentioned a teenager who identified as LGBTQ+ and had asked to be placed with a same-gender couple. Joshua and Matt were motivated to become foster parents, even though they wouldn't be licensed in time to foster the teen who made the request.
