May is National Foster Care Month when most people think of National Foster Care Month, they think of all the problems currently associated with the Foster Care system. Online websites list alleged crimes by the foster care system.

However, even with the issues associated with the foster care system, there are still a lot of heroes, and that is what we are here today to talk about. The people who make a difference. The men and women who open their homes at all hours. The people who drop what they are doing to pick up a small child or children who simply need somewhere to go.

Heroes in the foster care system include parents who take on “bonus” children and men and women who work in the system. In some cases, these people who go to work in the system acknowledge that it is a broken system, and they work in it with the hopes that their actions can help to fix it.

In May National Foster Care Month recognizes the parents, family members, volunteers, mentors, policymakers, child welfare professionals, and other members of the community who help children and youth in foster care. Currently, according to the Children’s Bureau, there are 430,000 children in foster care in the U.S.

For uplifting stories, you can read through the real-life stories on the Children’s Bureau website. They talk about everything from family members opening their homes in the cases of “Kinship” care to taking in medically fragile children and everything in between.

Love what matters, an online blog, also shares various stories from time to time about people who have been involved in the foster care system and made a difference.

While each state differs, if you are interested in becoming a foster care parent you should contact the Department of Health and Human services for your state to find out more information. There are children all over this nation who are looking for someone to take them in, whether it is just temporary, or they are looking for a forever home.