Summer Family Fun & Nurturing Mental Health Together!

Summer Family Fun & Nurturing Mental Health Together!

August 20, 2024

Did you know August is recognized as Family Fun Month? As we reach the end of summer, it’s the perfect chance to prioritize mental health and well-being by having a little extra fun before school begins! At Foundations Health &

[THERAPY THOUGHTS] Sand Tray Therapy for Mental Health!

February 15, 2024

Working with children and adolescents who have experienced immense trauma and grief, I quickly became cognizant of the need to find creative ways to reach clients who struggle to verbalize their deep-rooted and complex trauma. Knowing trauma is stored in

[FOSTER CARE] Make a Lasting Impact: Becoming a Foster Parent for Foster Teens at Foundations Health & Wholeness

November 14, 2023

Foster a Teen, Foster a Dream! Becoming a foster parent is a journey filled with compassion, growth, and the opportunity to positively transform a foster teen’s life and change their story for the better. At Foundations Health & Wholeness, a

[RAYS YOUTH SERVICES] Host Homes: What Are They and How Do They Help?

June 1, 2023

A Safe Place For Youth Through a federal Runaway and Homeless Youth grant, Foundations Health and Wholeness provides a Host Home program through their RAYS Youth Services Program. Foster homes that are licensed through any of Foundations branch offices throughout

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IN THE NEWS: Foundations Health & Wholeness and the Bay Area Workforce Development Board Host BREAKING THE STIGMA Event

January 10, 2023

Recently, Foundations Health & Wholeness partnered with the Bay Area Workforce Development Board and Youth Advisory Council to host special event called BREAKING THE STIGMA, which featured a screening of the moving stories of young adults who have since aged

A Hero Lies Within All Of Us

January 13, 2022

About a week ago, Nicole K., Foundations foster care case worker extraordinaire, was scrolling through the internet to relax (as we all do) and stumbled upon a link that caught her attention. She found herself nodding along as a person

Fostering Teens – It Was Meant To Be!

August 28, 2021

When we asked Foundations Foster Parent Denise McGinnis what made her choose to foster tween and teen girls, she laughs and tells us that it wasn’t really a choice. It just sort of happened – as though it was meant

Doing Our Best ~ A Mantra for Fostering Teens

August 11, 2021

Fostering a teen can be a challenge, but it’s also, one of the most rewarding vocations you can ever get into. It’s very rewarding for us to work with a teen and see them flourish from getting the love, understanding

Honoring Ethics in Action Recipient Denise McGinnis

December 23, 2020

Denise McGinnis is a Foster Care by Foundations foster mom who was nominated for an Ethie by our Fox Valley Region Foster Care Director, Jess Drews. In her nearly 6 years working in the foster care system, Jess knows first-hand

A Home for the Holidays

September 15, 2020

A loving space, a safe have, a home. These are the holiday wishes of children throughout Wisconsin. Now more than ever, children and teens in foster care need foster parents! Foundations is the ideal foster care organization. As a nonprofit

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