At CK Family Services, we are honored to witness incredible adoption stories that showcase the strength, resilience, and love of families opening their hearts and homes to children in...
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As we usher in the promising year of 2024, families across the country are contemplating ways to make this year more meaningful, more impactful. One avenue that holds the promise…
The neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU, is the scene of the first few moments of the purest and most precious lives. It is a place that holds many stories…
Working with broken children, there is not much I haven’t seen. They want to believe there is a rose beneath the frost. They need unconditional love and positive regard in…
Alyshia Harter, a CK Family Services (CKFS) Intake Coordinator, has showcased her unwavering dedication to children in foster care for nearly a decade. While her journey into child welfare began…
Too often, foster dads don’t get enough credit. However, the value, impact and influence of a great foster dad can alter the life and legacy of a child for generations….
The moment a person decides to open their heart and home through foster care or adoption their world is turned upside down. It’s a decision filled with hope, courage, and…
20 years ago Yolanda Deaton started her new year as one of the first case managers at CK Family Services (CKFS). She was one of about five new hires, did…
“Gratitude” is a choice to look at life through the lens of abundance rather than lack. “Giving Grace” is to allow yourself and others to be God’s work in progress….
It was the morning of July 24th, four days before my fifty-fifth birthday. I had meticulously planned out a bicycle trip from Midlothian to Kansas that would cover five days…