Family Focus Adoption Services

06/23/2026

“[RAD kids] demand real: real nurturance, real commitment, real respect, real trust, and real love. They don’t often know what those real things are, but they sure as heck know what they aren’t. They need folks who believe in real, and recognize the superficiality of attachments.”

Executive Director Jack Brennan, in his latest blog post, talks about the 4% of children at risk of aging out of foster care without support, many of whom are diagnosed with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). But, in a culture of superficial attachments, who can blame them? How can we, as a society and as a community, give these kids what they really need?

https://familyfocusadoption.org/right-and-wrong-2/

The push in recent years has been to avoid placing kids into foster care. The idea has been to keep the kids home and provide whatever services they or their families might need in order to make it work. It’s certainly working statistics-wise: the number of kids in care is getting smaller and smal...

06/11/2026

Our executive director, Jack Brennan, kicks off our new blog with a discussion on the reality of the children we work with, those 4% of foster children who risk aging out of the system without a family or a personal connection with a committed adult.

Despite the difficulties, there are those who found themselves capable of working with and parenting these children. What does it take? And what can you do to help?

06/09/2026

Family Focus Adoption Services is proud to announce that we have a new website! The redesign highlights our mission to help older children who are stuck in the foster care system and risk aging out without support.

Explore the new page about Our Beliefs, shaped by decades of experience, and head over to Programs to see how we put those beliefs into action.

https://familyfocusadoption.org/