• Veronica’s Story
    Veronica’s Story Veronica’s feeding journey as told by Jill Rabin, a licensed speech-language pathologist with deep expertise in early development, attachment, and feeding/communication. Sometimes joyful engagement with food is the priority in therapy versus oral intake. Veronica, age 20 months adjusted. She has struggled with self-limiting, vomiting and weight gain… Read more: Veronica’s Story
  • Nora and Leon’s Story
    Our Family’s Adoption Story: Guided by Love and Loss Adoption has always been in our hearts. After having three biological children, we felt called to grow our family through adoption. Our journey ultimately began after the heartbreaking loss of our oldest daughter, Kathleen, in 2023 from complications of a rare… Read more: Nora and Leon’s Story
  • Kate’s Story
    Communities That Understand Their Stories Children who are adopted—whether through foster care or directly into families—need more than homes; they need communities and schools that understand their stories. Parenting an adopted child begins with humility: the courage to admit you don’t know everything. That simple truth opens the door to… Read more: Kate’s Story
  • Rob’s Story
    November is National Adoption Month, a time to celebrate families created through adoption and to remember the thousands of children in foster care still waiting. But adoption is not the final chapter. For children who come from foster care, the papers may change their address, but their past remains part… Read more: Rob’s Story
  • Susan’s Story
    I first held our son Zamir when he was four years old. His new big sisters, Aliza and Hallel, and I traveled to his orphanage in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, arriving during nap time. We watched through a window as a caregiver drew a child from a top bunk and brought… Read more: Susan’s Story

Veronica’s Story

Veronica’s Story Veronica’s feeding journey as told by Jill Rabin, a licensed speech-language pathologist with deep expertise in early development, attachment, and feeding/communication. Sometimes joyful

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Nora and Leon’s Story

Our Family’s Adoption Story: Guided by Love and Loss Adoption has always been in our hearts. After having three biological children, we felt called to

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Kate’s Story

Communities That Understand Their Stories Children who are adopted—whether through foster care or directly into families—need more than homes; they need communities and schools that

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Rob’s Story

November is National Adoption Month, a time to celebrate families created through adoption and to remember the thousands of children in foster care still waiting.

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Susan’s Story

I first held our son Zamir when he was four years old. His new big sisters, Aliza and Hallel, and I traveled to his orphanage

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Connected by Purpose

Welcoming New Voices to the iCARE Board We Are Thrilled to Welcome Two New Board Leaders to iCARE4 Adoptive And Foster Families We are honored

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Fostered Not Forgotten. Adopted Not Alone.

HelpEveryChildBeSeen

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— NEXT ONLINE COURSE STARTS ON Sep 24TH —

TBRI® Fall Virtual Online Training

ANY parents of kids and caregivers who’ve had trauma — take a FREE, VIRTUAL TBRI® training offered for the first time in the evenings (Tuesday from 5:30-7:00, Sept. 24th – Dec. 17th), with trained therapists from The Baby Fold in Illinois. A zoom link will be sent to registered attendees closer to class time along with manuals for each section.