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Blog from Dan Shufelt,
President and CEO of The Foster Alliance
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Blog from Dan Shufelt,
President and CEO of The Foster Alliance
The Foster Alliance Celebrates One Year in Its New Home The lobby of the Diane & Bruce Halle Foster Family Resource Center November 1, 2019 marks the one-year anniversary of The Foster Alliance (TFA) opening for service to foster families in the Diane & Bruce Halle Foundation Foster
October is Safe Sleep Month! Governor Doug Ducey has declared October to be SAFE SLEEP AWARENESS MONTH. In the Proclamation, it was declared that 83 Arizona infants died due to unsafe sleep in 2017. It is incredibly sad that so many little lives have been lost. Among the additional details
Making Birthdays Special for Children in Foster Care The Foster Alliance is the largest provider of basic needs to the 14,000 children in our state’s foster care system. It is truly important to give boys and girls who have been abused and neglected a sense of safety and dignity. The
Love Makes a Family Sitting in the courtroom waiting for the adoption hearing to begin took me back in time to the day our daughter’s adoption was finalized many years ago. It’s such a powerful and joyful moment when the judge declares your adoption to be official, and your son
Life Lessons Learned from a Wise Business Mentor A long time ago, early in my professional career, I learned a life lesson that has stuck with me these many years. As a new manager in the Phoenix CPA firm then known as Miller
Donate Responsibly by Knowing Where Your Money Goes! There are so many challenges to running The Foster Alliance. We are a growing nonprofit organization - the largest provider of basic needs to the 14,000 children in our State’s foster care system. Moving into our new building last fall, installing a
A Fathers' Love Provides Comfort to Kids in Need! Foster parents are constantly coming to the doors of The Foster Alliance seeking assistance for boys and girls who are placed in their care. I love it when I have a few minutes to talk to them and to hear their
Helping Hands for One Little Boy! The little boy entered the door of The Foster Alliance with his foster mom. Like most boys and girls we meet, he seemed a bit reserved. He stood at the front door taking it all in - the mobile that hangs from our lobby
Giving Babies a Safe Place to Sleep The DCS Safe Sleep Campaign is an initiative sponsored by the Arizona Department of Child Safety promoting safe sleep for infants. The program seeks to educate families about the importance of observing practices which will allow children to sleep safely. The ABCs of safe
420,000 kids in need of a MOM! The month of May brings the start of the summer season – new growth and life is all around; kids are finishing up the school year and everyone is looking forward to a summer filled with fun. Mother’s Day, quite appropriately, is in