Trauma-informed training supported by $30,000 grant, available statewide August 31, 2020 (New Orleans, LA) – Crossroads NOLA — a New Orleans-based nonprofit organization that recruits, equips and supports foster families — is adapting to the COVID-19 outbreak by moving its trauma-informed training programs online. The Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®) courses will help to meet the additional needs of foster families … Read More
Foster Families Adapt and Thrive During COVID-19
“Our plans were to complete the adoption in person, but we were notified just a few days prior to it that it would have to be virtual. Initially, we were disappointed, but God knew just what we needed, and we really treasure the memories from that morning. We gathered around the sofa – the same sofa where we had cuddled … Read More
Volunteers Step Up to Support Families During Pandemic
“Foster care is not just those families that take in children, it is those people who babysit for foster families, bring them meals, supply them with diapers, and hold their hands when they need it. I want people to know that every family needs a village to surround them and not every family has that. That is why helping in … Read More
Winning At Kindergarten – One Victory at a Time!
Meet Maggie Broussard, one of the 65 currently active Crossroads NOLA families that collectively have cared for 133 children in foster care in the first half of 2019 alone! Since she was certified in October 2017, Maggie has been a fierce advocate of the kids that are – or have been in – her care. At the beginning of the … Read More
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