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DID YOU KNOW?

Each paper doll on display at the Embrace campus in McKinney represents a child in our community in foster care.

Children and families right here in our community are impacted by abuse, neglect, foster care, and family crisis. Behind every statistic is a real child. 

A child with a name, a story, people they love, and a need for safety and stability. The good news? There is something each of us can do.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A FOSTER PARENT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

there's a place for you in this story.

DID YOU KNOW?

Each paper doll on display at the Embrace campus in McKinney represents a child in our community in foster care.

Children and families right here in our community are impacted by abuse, neglect, foster care, and family crisis. Behind every statistic is a real child. 

A child with a name, a story, people they love, and a need for safety and stability. The good news? There is something each of us can do.

there's a place for you in this story.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A FOSTER PARENT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

GIVE

Help provide support, stability, and hope.
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VOLUNTEER

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VOLUNTEER WITH EMBRACE

FOSTER

Could your family be a safe place for a child?
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the reality in collin county

22.9

months is the average time a child spends in foster care. Almost 2 years.

6000+

CHILDREN in our state ARE lingering IN FOSTER CARE waiting for adoption

75069

IS THE MOST VULNERABLE ZIP CODE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN COLLIN COUNTY

200

CHILDREN ARE IN FOSTER CARE IN COLLIN COUNTY

WHO WE ARE

A LOVING, STABLE HOME FOR EVERY CHILD.

Embrace Texas connects willing hands with opportunities to serve children and families impacted by foster care, adoption, and kinship care. Through foster and adoptive family recruitment, family support, respite, events, practical resources, and programs for children waiting for permanent families, Embrace works to ensure that vulnerable children and the families caring for them are not walking alone.
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why create this installation?

RASING AWARENESS.
TELLING THEIR STORIES.

Each paper doll in this installation was handmade by a child, teen, or adult volunteer in our community. By inviting people to help create this display, we wanted to do more than raise awareness about foster care. We wanted our community to become part of the story.

Each doll represents a real child whose life has been impacted by abuse or neglect. Our hope is that this display causes people to pause, recognize the needs of vulnerable children right here in our community, and consider how they can make a difference.

For some, that may mean volunteering, giving, or supporting a foster family. For others, it may mean opening their home to a child who needs one.

These children are more than statistics. They have names, faces, and stories. We invite you to meet some of the children in Texas who are still waiting for a permanent family.

MEET THE CHILDREN WAITING FOR ADOPTION
lives are changed when families open their homes

CELEBRATE ADOPTION MONTH WITH US

“When I became a foster parent, my heart was to love children well and help them reunify with their families. I never expected adoption to be part of my story. When the opportunity came, I was nervous about whether I was truly the best fit for my daughter.
 
Adopting her is one of the best decisions I could have ever made! I love her more than words can express, and I feel so blessed to celebrate the past three years of legally having her as part of my family.
 
At the same time, I believe honoring her story means honoring her biological family, too. We continue to see them and intentionally nurture those relationships because they’re an important part of who she is.
Adoption added to our family, but it didn’t erase where she came from.” ~ Kristi

DATA SOURCES & LEARN MORE

Want to dig deeper? Explore the data and organizations behind the statistics and learn more about the needs of children and families in our community.