Crossroads NOLA moves to Online Training to Support Foster Families and Supporters

Mandi WallisFoster Family, News, Support Families, TBRI® Works

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

Mandi WallisFoster Family, Support Families

“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

Winning At Kindergarten – One Victory at a Time!

Shelby BairdFoster Family

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