Foster Care & Adoption Professionals

Help Catholic Families Find Faith-Based Support and Community

Springs of Love works alongside the professional services families already receive by helping foster, adoptive, and kinship families connect with Catholic formation, community, and parish-based support.

If you serve Catholic families, you’re welcome to share Springs of Love resources with them or connect them with opportunities in their area.

What Springs of Love Offers Families

Springs of Love provides Catholic families with faith-based resources, community, and parish support throughout fostering and adoption. Families can connect with us whether they are discerning, actively fostering or adopting, or looking for continued support after placement.

Building Belonging

Small groups for foster, adoptive, and kinship parents, with opportunities for those discerning to participate as well.
Learn about Building Belonging →

Springs of Love Chapter Meet-Up for foster and adoptive families

Local Chapters

Parish-based communities and Care Teams that help foster, adoptive, and kinship families find connection and practical support close to home.
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Discernment

Catholic resources and real family stories for individuals and couples considering fostering or adoption.
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Share the Foster Love! Welcome to Springs of Love.

Fostering Resources

Videos, stories, and other resources addressing the particular questions and experiences that come with fostering.
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Adoption Love

Adoption Resources

Videos, stories, and more resources addressing the particular questions and experiences that come with adoption.
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Spiritual Resources

Find Catholic prayers and encouragement for families throughout fostering and adoption.
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How Agencies Can Connect Families With Us

You don’t need a formal relationship with Springs of Love to share our resources. If you serve Catholic foster, adoptive, or kinship families, or individuals and couples considering fostering or adoption, there are several simple ways to connect them with Springs of Love.

  • Share Springs of Love with a family
    Direct Catholic families to Springs of Love to explore resources, small groups, and other opportunities for support.

  • Connect them with support in their area
    Families can see whether there is a Springs of Love Chapter or other local opportunity available in their community.

  • Tell them about Building Belonging
    Foster, adoptive, and kinship parents can learn about Building Belonging, our Catholic small-group series. Individuals and couples discerning fostering or adoption are also welcome.

  • Need help connecting a family?
    If you are working with a Catholic family who is looking for faith-based support and aren’t sure where to send them, contact Springs of Love. We can help identify relevant resources or opportunities that may be available.

Professional Services and Parish Support

Foster and adoptive families often rely on many different kinds of support. Agencies provide the professional services and expertise families need throughout the foster care and adoption process. Springs of Love helps Catholic families find an additional layer of support through their faith and parish community.

Your Agency’s Role

Professional services may include:

• Licensing and home studies
• Foster care or adoption training
• Placement and case management
• Professional guidance and family services
• Therapeutic and post-placement resources

Springs of Love’s Role

We provide Catholic families with:

• Catholic formation and discernment resources
• Building Belonging small groups
• Connections with other foster, adoptive, and kinship families
• Parish-based support through local Chapters and Care Teams
• Opportunities for ongoing faith and community support

Different roles, shared care for families. Professional services and parish support can work side by side, helping families access both the expertise they need and ongoing support within their Catholic community.

Want to Learn More?

If you work with foster, adoptive, or kinship families and would like to learn more about Springs of Love, we’d be glad to connect. Contact us to ask questions, learn more about the resources available to Catholic families, or discuss ways to introduce Springs of Love to your staff and the families you serve.

Springs of Love is an independent Catholic ministry and is not a foster care or adoption agency. We do not provide licensing, placement, home studies, case management, or other professional child welfare services. References to or referrals from outside agencies do not constitute an endorsement or formal partnership.