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Former Foster Child With a Heart to Help
Rebecca Needham-Mortimer is a former foster child who was adopted while in the care of SCYAP in 1995. Now as an adult, Rebecca reached out to SCYAP in June of this year with the sweetest message of gratitude to her Treatment Coordinator at the time and to SCYAP as an...
Gratitude in Uncertain Times
Being grateful in uncertain times may seem difficult, and understandably so. Teaching lessons of gratitude to your children in these moments may be more valuable now than it ever has been in modern times. Children are watching every move their parents and caregivers...
Tis the Season to be Grateful
The jokes and memes about Thanksgiving being overlooked circulate relentlessly this time of year and even though they are hilarious, do you know why they are everywhere? Because it is the absolute truth – Thanksgiving does get overlooked. How do we prevent this day...
Meet the Kellys – SCYAP Foster Parents Making A Difference Since 1992
Lonnie and Norma Jean Kelly grew up in Pascagoula, Mississippi. They lived in Los Angeles, California in their young adulthood before settling in Summerville, SC. The Kellys became licensed as foster parents with SCYAP on June 10th, 1992. The Kellys have a blended...
Developing Supportive Communities for Our Children
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. What better time than this month to talk about how we can develop more supportive communities that will in turn help our children? When communities are supportive it creates a ripple effect of helpfulness and...
10 Reasons YOU Want (NEED) to Be a Foster Parent
At SCYAP we wholeheartedly believe every child deserves to live with a loving family. Unfortunately, there are not enough foster families on a state or national scale to meet the need for the number of children who are in foster care to no fault of their own. For this...
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month – Spread Awareness, Save Lives
While it is not an easy topic to address, suicide is a topic that must be addressed and awareness must be spread in order to help increase prevention. Sadly, suicide rates have become the second leading cause of death for children, adolescents, and young adults in the...
Making Summertime Memories
Summer is in full force! School is out and the sun is blaring which means now is a better time than ever for you to connect and make memories with your foster child. Do you know the best part of making summer memories that last a lifetime? You don’t have to spend...
The Meaning of Child Advocate
Did you know it's National Social Work Month? The 2018 theme for National Social Work Month is "Leaders. Advocates. Champions." Let's focus on the word "Advocates." What exactly does it mean to be an advocate? Advocate, as defined by the Merriam Webster dictionary...
Preparing to Become a Foster Parent
As you may have heard before, becoming a foster parent is not the easiest process. Nothing worth having (doing) is easy though, right? Exactly. That being said it never hurts to prepare when taking on any role in life and foster parenting is definitely one of those...