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November 7th, 2024
by Melissa Morrissette-Hurst, Senior Director of Community Foster Care & Adoption and Angie Hall, Adoptions Family Caseworker
When asked, everyone likes to express that the adoption of a child is a celebratory and joyous occasion. Though…
August 22nd, 2024
by Melissa Morrissette-Hurst, Senior Director of Community Foster Care & Adoption
Six years ago, Crossnore expanded its reach to Hendersonville, North Carolina. What started as a foster care team of…
August 1st, 2024
by Meredith Martin, Vice President of Programs
It’s the middle of the night and a county social worker has just responded to an emergency situation. Five…
May 9th, 2024
For many children in foster care, their sibling has been the only constant presence in their lives. A sibling…
August 31st, 2023
by Caroline Hart, Chief External Relations Officer
“At a minimum, Nevaeh is two years behind in reading. We’re working really hard on the alphabet and sounding…
June 22nd, 2023
by Blair Johnston
As a foster parent, you learn many new skills and parenting techniques. Most foster parents feel educated on child…
May 4th, 2023
by Kelly Riley, Director of Foster Home Licensing & Training
Foster parenting is a hard job, no doubt about it. It is a significant commitment in terms of time,…
December 8th, 2022
by Julie Attilus, Bridge Parent
Wouldn’t it be great if the word “co-parenting” could be eliminated from our vocabulary? That no marriage ended in…
April 14th, 2023
by Crossnore Staff
Today’s episode features Alex Hudson, Bridging Families Supervisor, and Deb Eiserman, Bridge Parent at Crossnore. Alex and Deb discuss…
September 1st, 2022
Boxes. What do you think of when you hear that word? For some of us it may bring up images of…
August 4th, 2022
by Patrice Williams
Not everyone can provide full-time foster care to children in the system. But often, when realizing that limitation, folks…
May 26th, 2022
So you've decided you're interested in foster care. But you’ve also heard the horror stories about the paperwork and…
May 18th, 2022
by Jessica Camire
Being a new Foster Parent can be an exciting, overwhelming, and challenging experience. There may be a lot of…
May 12th, 2022
“I could never do that.” It’s the response I probably get more than any other when I tell people…
May 5th, 2022
May is Foster Care Awareness Month, but why should you care? Because in the United States a child is…
February 17th, 2022
by Angela Bollo
I didn’t grow up going to church regularly, but my family found it in my teen years as we …
February 3rd, 2022
Many folks, at one time or another, may feel curious and possibly even called to foster care. With more…
January 13th, 2022
If you think your house is bustling, you should meet the Adams Family. No, not that Adams family –…
November 4th, 2021
by Angela Squire, Sr. Director of Prevention Services
Growing up in the foster care system is often a lonely and traumatic experience. Growing up with caregivers of…
October 28th, 2021
by Blair Johnston & Angela Bollo
Monday is the first day of National Adoption Month. We have written many blog posts related to adoption, including…
October 14th, 2021
I share a foster care story or statistic, because their heart is breaking just a little more as it…
July 29th, 2021
Being a police officer and a social worker, Rob and Kristen Martin are no strangers to serving others. Rob…
July 22nd, 2021
Perhaps the title of this blog should have been more inviting, like “Free Chocolate and Hugs." That might have…
June 10th, 2021
by Allison Becker, Child & Family Therapist Supervisor
Imagine Child Protective Services removing you from your home without notice. Imagine then being placed in a strange home…
May 12th, 2021
by Melissa Hurst and Sarah Norris
The number of children in foster care continues to grow each year. Currently, more than 12,000 children in North…
May 6th, 2021
May is Foster Care Awareness Month, a commemorative month that can feel impersonal until you make an effort to…
April 8th, 2021
April has arrived and brought with her longer days, warmer weather, showers that will hopefully bring flowers, and Atlanta…
January 21st, 2021
To say that Jeremy and Donna Wood’s lives revolve around children is quite the understatement. They have been married…
September 8th, 2020
In 1990, Carolyn Butler answered an ad she saw in the paper posted by her future husband, Norman, looking…
April 9th, 2020
It is safe to say that the current COVID 19 pandemic has taught everyone something new about themselves and…
March 12th, 2020
Tayte Laws is just about the cutest thing you’ve ever seen. The two-year old runs around the playground going…
February 13th, 2020
If you have a heart for children, especially children, who through not fault of their own, have found themselves…
October 10th, 2019
“Draw a superhero,” says, King, age 3, as I sit in his living room talking to his family and…
June 7th, 2019
We asked our amazing Foster Care Team to share their best stories of "foster care gone right." Here are…
May 31st, 2019
To cap off Foster Care Awareness Month, we asked our amazing Foster Care Team to answer some questions for…
May 24th, 2019
Not everyone can be a foster parent. More than are can, but many can't. If you can't (but if…
March 1st, 2019
Shenandoah Chefalo was 13 when she first went into foster care. Prior to that her life had been filled…
February 7th, 2019
First Corinthians 13 is a scripture that most of us know well. It is read at most weddings, and…
January 14th, 2019
Last July, we posted a blog about the Chefalo family (read the post HERE) who were planning their holiday trip…
January 10th, 2019
When you meet Adam and Megan Joseph, the joy of life is written all over their faces. But it…
December 21st, 2018
Jim and Caroline Hart are a couple who have lived their lives in service to God, their family, and…
November 2nd, 2017
It started when he was about five. Removed from his home because of his parent’s choices, Edgar had no idea what…
May 24th, 2017
In the past five years the number of kids in the NC foster care system has increased more than…
May 9th, 2016
This time of year is hard for many of our children. Mother’s Day brings up many memories…some pleasant, and…
March 29th, 2016
People often ask us how others can be foster parents. How can they take kids they don’t know into…
