we're here for your family
is embrace right for my family?
Embrace serves foster, adoptive, and kinship care families, regardless of how/when/through whom they adopted or fostered. If you’re raising someone else’s children… we’re here for you. Embrace is located in Collin County, Texas, but our services are available to you, no matter where you live.
Our ministry exists to reflect God’s heart for vulnerable, neglected, marginalized, abused, and abandoned children. We do not require attendance or participation in religious/faith activities as condition of service delivery, nor do we require adherence to religious beliefs as a condition of service.
Embrace Moms is a great way to connect with other foster, adoptive, kinship care moms in the Dallas area. If you’re just beginning or considering the process, you’re welcome in these groups as well. We gather in person every other month, for both training and fellowship. If you’re on social media, consider joining our Embrace Moms Facebook group and our email list to stay up to date on meetings. Discussion topics and guest speakers vary each month at our meetings. Training hour certificates are provided upon request. We love kids, spouses, and pets… but these gatherings are just for moms.
If you live outside of DFW we’d love to help you find support in your home community. Please email [email protected] to ask for referrals to partner ministries.
Moms Retreat
Respite Night
Each year we help coordinate efforts between churches and volunteers to provide an annual respite night in December.
The Loop
Only you can decide what child care program or provider is appropriate for your child. Please carefully consider your child’s needs and review the requirements of your child placing agency before arranging any kind of substitute care.
Child to Family Connection
Twice a year churches from in and around Collin County come together to hose a unique event aimed at finding adoptive families for children waiting in foster care. The Child fo Family Connection is an incredible opportunity to hear the stories of more than 30 children, right here in our community, waiting to be adopted from foster care. Unlike traditional “match events,” the children are not present. Instead, children are represented with portraits, videos and display tables representing their unique personality, interests, and dreams. Children’s adoption caseworkers and CASA volunteers are also present to share, firsthand, about each child.
This event is free to attend. RSVP/tickets are required for all guests. Dinner is provided for all attendees. No childcare is provided, and no children may attend. A panel of speakers, including adoptive parents and and adult adoptees, will present during dinner. Following the presentation, the child display and exhibit area will be open and an information meeting about adopting from foster care will take place for unlicensed families.
By supporting and encouraging caregivers and families, we’re creating happier, healthier outcomes for children in foster care and youth who “age-out” of foster care. Throughout the year we offer no or low cost family outings. This includes events such as our annual family campout, sporting events, water parks, movies, and our yearly family reunion picnic.
Fairways for Families
Join us on Monday, October 14 at Eldorado Country Club in McKinney for Embrace’s 11th Annual Fairways for Families golf tournament.
Adoption Event
Embrace has a vision for a future where EVERY child has a loving, stable home. We’re making this vision a reality by tirelessly championing the cause in our community. In addition to our foster and adoptive parent recruitment and retention efforts, Embrace works to identify adoptive families for specific children
first steps meeting
Are you interested in learning about becoming a foster or adoptive parent? Would you like to participate in a casual conversation where you can get answers to your questions? Join us at “First Steps”, a quarterly informational gathering at the Embrace Office in Historic Downtown McKinney. Sit down with our
Moms’ Retreat
Foster, adoptive, and kinship care mothers (and those in the waiting phase of adoption) gather each fall in Broken Bow, Oklahoma for a weekend of rest, connection, and teaching.