Fostering Change for Children

A great group in Rhode Island! Led by their executive Director, Darlene!

We are so proud to announce that Adoption Rhode Island has been awarded the Aging Out 2025 Phoenix Youth Impact Award, receiving $90,000 from the in recognition of our organization’s transformational work supporting youth transitioning out of foster care.

The $90,000 award will be used to support the critical work of keeping youth leaving foster care from homelessness, including some direct assistance to help with reaching education, career and life goals.

ARI CEO Darlene Allen stated, “We are both thrilled and humbled by this recognition. The funding will allow us to continue to stand up and speak out for foster youth as well as provide resources to assist former foster youth with higher education access. “

Thank you so much to the peer reviewed panel and the RightWay Foundation for choosing us this year as the most deserving of this prestigious award!

(Pictured below is our Youth and Young Adult Services Team, photographed at our 2025 Gathering to Give Gala, who works diligently with our Young adults to help transition into a productive adulthood.)

At Children’s Corps we always remind members that they can’t pour from an empty cup. Current members shared with us their intensions for 2025 to help them recharge at home.

We asked current corps members to give advice to the incoming child welfare workers starting out in this profession. Here’s what they had to say:

Please welcome the Children’s Corps Summer Class of 2024! During July, corps members learned from current members and alumni, spent time in the community, and shadowed at their agency. They were curious, adaptable, courageous, and persistent. We can’t wait to witness the magic they create alongside their families over the next two years and beyond!

May is Foster Care Awareness Month. With the pre-service training and unwavering support that corps members receive, they are able to remain in their positions for two years (and often longer) collaborating with families to achieve their permanency goals.

Meet Sarah, a foster care case worker from the Children's Corps Class of 2023. As she nears her one year mark supporting children and families, we asked her to share what support means to her, and what she loved about summer training--this is what she had to say.

Corps members know that partnership and collaboration are the keys to independence and success

Children’s Corps recently hosted a Health & Wellness challenge. We encouraged Corps Members to get outside, spend time with friends, take time for themselves, move their body and get more sleep. Here are some of the ways that corps members embraced this challenge.

We would like to welcome the Winter Class of 2022 to the Children's Corps Alumni Community. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication supporting children and families. We can't wait to see what comes next!

Workers who make the extra effort to engage, connect, and advocate can make the positive difference for families impacted by child welfare. At Children's Corps, we want to make sure that every family has someone on their team who will support them 100%

Reunification is always a reason to celebrate, especially when a family's hard work to strengthen and build their bonds shines through.