Impact Stories

Impact Story: Jack

By Alternative Family Services / May 20, 2021
Impact Story: Jack

A cornerstone of all AFS programs is support. Jack* is a twelve-year-old youth in foster care with severe autism and OCD, and he has been living with the Claxton* Family…

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AFS Black History Month Celebration 2021

By Alternative Family Services / April 5, 2021

Black History Month is always a time for reflection at AFS. Diversity, equity and inclusion has been woven into our mission for over 40 years throughout all aspects of our…

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Impact Story: Marcus

By Alternative Family Services / February 25, 2021
Impact Story: Marcus

Marcus* was placed with an AFS foster mother 11 years ago when he was just 7 years old. Marcus, his 10-year-old sister, Nikki* and 12-year-old brother, Miles*, had all endured…

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Impact Story: Dwayne

By Alternative Family Services / October 7, 2020
Dwayne

Oftentimes when one thinks of foster care, they imagine foster “kids.” However, in the United States, 115,395 out of 423,997 youth in foster care in 2019 were between 13 and…

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Impact Story: Cassandra

By Alternative Family Services / October 7, 2020
Impact Story: Cassandra (AFS)

Alternative Family Services (AFS) works with a wide variety of youth in foster care who face many unique challenges. AFS staff and resource parents always strive to provide the best…

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Impact Story: The Andersen Siblings

By Alternative Family Services / July 31, 2020
The Andersen Siblings

Oftentimes, youth that are placed into foster care have siblings that are also in need of placement. Alternative Family Services (AFS) strives to place siblings in the same foster home…

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