Foster Parents Needed in Middle Tennessee

Consider opening your heart wide for the love of a child this giving season. Youth Villages, a leader in children’s mental and behavioral health, is looking for compassionate foster parents who may be willing to open their home to children in the foster care system. Every day, newborns to teenagers from diverse backgrounds and with unique challenges enter the foster care system. Each needs stability, love and support as they navigate this difficult time in their lives and growing up — which is where foster parents come in.

“When a child is removed from their home, we want to minimize the disruptions to their life,” says Jeremy Breithaupt, director of community-based program strategy for Youth Villages. “This means keeping them with their siblings, in their same school and connected to their friends and activities,” he adds. “In order to do that for every child in Middle Tennessee, we need more foster homes in every county throughout the region.”

Youth Villages provides foster parents with intensive training, ongoing support and financial assistance to ensure they can meet the needs of the children in their care. To learn more about becoming a foster parent, attend a free, one-hour virtual information session to: