For over two decades, National Adoption Month has been celebrated across the country. Many national, state and local agencies along with relative, kinship, foster, and adoptive families will arrange programs, events, and activities during the month of November to raise awareness for children and youth in foster care who are waiting for permanent families. Learn more about National Adoption Day on Saturday, November 23. Visit our adoption website to meet children in need of a forever home!
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Join us for this FREE Holiday shopping event at the Ball Conference Center on November 8!
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National Adoption Day aims to raise awareness of the more than 117,000 U.S. children in foster care waiting to find permanent, loving families. On November 23, 2019, judges nationwide will open their courtrooms to help facilitate the adoption finalizations of children who have been matched with a forever family and raise awareness for the thousands of children still in need of an adoptive family. The profiles of waiting children served by KVC can be viewed online at http://adoption.kvc.org. The profiles include photos,…
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Are you looking for a fun, interactive way to volunteer this holiday season for children in need? KVC is looking for “Reindeer” to help us deliver gift donations to our different offices out of our Olathe location. These gifts have been donated by generous Holiday Heroes for all the children and teens we've served in foster care If you can devote time one day between 9am-5pm on a Monday through Friday in December, we'd greatly appreciate your help! If you'd…
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The Lawrence Trunk or Treat will be on Wednesday, October 28 from 5pm to 7pm at our Lawrence office! This year the format will be a drive-thru. Families will enter through the South parking lot and a traffic assistant will direct you. Families will stay in their cars and drive through this event. Trunk participants will place candy directly into the bags so we maintain no-contact per our COVID safety guidelines. Trunk participants will be wearing mask and sanitizing regularly…
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The Olathe Trunk or Treat will be on Friday, October 30 from 5pm to 7pm at our Olathe office! This year the format will be a drive-thru. Families will enter through the East entrance of the parking lot where orange cones and/or a traffic assistant will direct you. Families will stay in their cars and drive through this event. Trunk participants will place candy directly into the bags so we maintain no-contact per our COVID-19 safety guidelines. Trunk participants will…
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KVC’s Holiday Heroes Program is a way for individuals, families and businesses to work together to make the holidays brighter for children and teens involved in the child welfare system. As a Holiday Hero, you are making a commitment to give them the gifts they have their hearts set on. Our team is collecting presents, gift cards and monetary donations to make sure children who are in foster care, have safely reunited with their family or have been adopted have a…
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We're excited to announce this year's Resource Family Conference will be held virtually! This is a wonderful, free training opportunity for Resource Families to learn a range of new topics.
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If you are a LGBTQIA+ Youth, the Parent of a LGBTQIA+ youth, or Fostering LGBTQIA+ youth, there is now a community for you to find connection and celebration in a virtual monthly group. Parents, youth, and foster parents now each have a safe space to connect, ask questions, discuss challenges, and gain education. Sessions include topic-centric discussions. Click here to submit an anonymous question that can be answered during a meeting. Discussion Group for Caregivers of LGBTQIA+ Foster Youth Last…
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