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When Kids Deserve Better

When Kids Deserve Better

What happens when kids deserve better, but the adults they’re relying on can’t– or won’t– make it happen for them? How long should babies and toddlers have to wait on parents to provide them with the stable and safe homes and nurture they...
When CPS Takes a Child

When CPS Takes a Child

When CPS takes a child from a parent, it feels like someone just dropkicked their heart clear out of their chest. No matter how it happened, parent/s and child can often be traumatized by Child Protective Services’ involvement. (Texas lawyers can answer basic...
Growing Up in a Motel

Growing Up in a Motel

Many children have grown up on the Eloise books– but the hard truth is that growing up in a motel, as the invisible homeless, is typically far less glamorous. Visit the extended stay motels in any urban community and you’re bound to find children who are...
Not Everyone Can Parent

Not Everyone Can Parent

Can we all stop pretending, and admit that not everyone can parent? Parent is both a noun and a verb. But just because someone can birth a child does not mean one can parent effectively. We were reminded of that this week, sadly. A 35-year-old Texas mom named Laura...
Could Adoption Have Saved Gabriel Fernandez?

Could Adoption Have Saved Gabriel Fernandez?

Anyone who has watched the wrenching real-life saga on Netflix surely comes away wondering: could adoption have saved Gabriel Fernandez? If you don’t have Netflix, you may not know the tragedy that befell eight-year-old Gabriel Fernandez. He was just one of the...
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24-Hour Birthparent HelpLine
for New Placing Parents/Medical Emergencies

Placing parents calling from Texas or surrounding states:
800-454-5683

Placing parents calling from outside Texas, please call collect:
210-342-LOVE (5683)

Placing parents text:
210-860-5683

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San Antonio, TX 78230