Children's Home Society of NC | Foster Care & Family Support

We’re here to help families grow and thrive.

We specialize in education and prevention programs, family preservation, and adoption and foster care.

Foster Care & Adoption

We recruit, train, license, and support foster and adoptive parents so that children have a safe, loving place to grow.

Helping Families

With programs that support parents and children, we help families strengthen their bonds and find stability through whatever challenges they may face.

How We Help

Our Impact

Last year, CHS touched the lives of more than 21,000 individuals across North Carolina.

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Our Impact on North Carolina Children and Families

We serve all 100 counties!

10,000+

parents have benefited from our early childhood parent education support programs last year.

92%

of families at imminent risk of a child entering foster care were able to remain together after completing our Homebuilders Program.

239

children exit foster care to their forever families through CHS programs each year.

17,100+

adoptions completed over our 100+ year history.

99%

of Clients surveyed indicated that they would recommend CHS to others.

93%

of Community Partners surveyed indicated that they would recommend CHS to others.

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From First Placement to Forever Family

The Tessena family shares about their experience with shared parenting and their journey from foster care to adoption.

Read the Tessena Family's Story

Foster care success badge representing CHS-approved caregivers who have completed youth placement, trauma-aware training, foster care licensing, and the full process to become foster parents in NC.

What It’s Like to Be a Foster Parent: Amber & Ed’s Story

Hear firsthand from successful foster parents about how it’s changed their lives.

Read Amber and Ed's Story

Amber and Ed, licensed foster parents in NC, share how becoming a foster parent gave them purpose, brought adoption into their lives, helped siblings stay together, and gave them the tools through CHS to navigate youth trauma and long-term care.

Badge icon representing completion of CHS’s foster care training and certification process in NC, celebrating foster parents who support youth through trauma, provide placement stability, and stay active in post-licensing support services.

Fostering a Family Member: What Helped These Kinship Care Providers Raise Their Grandson

Learn about Kinship Care and how it allows family members or close friends (“fictive kin”) to provide temporary or permanent care to children whose parents are unable to care for them.

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