Issue 8, June 2026 — Forever Families Insider
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June Is National Safety Month!

We want your family to have a safe and fun summer! Here’s some safety tips to do during National Safety Month:

  • Make sure all your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are in working condition. Tip: keep your carbon monoxide detector low to the floor. In case of an emergency, you would want it to start beeping before it reaches the levels of nose and mouth.
  • Talk to your children about the difference between a “secret” and a “surprise”. This helps them distinguish between harmless, temporary fun and potentially unsafe situations. A “surprise” is joyful, temporary, and shared later, such as a new baby on the way, Christmas gifts, or a birthday party. Whereas a “secret” is intended to stay hidden and often makes a child feel scared, sad, or uncomfortable. Teach your child to come to you if someone ever asks them to keep a “secret” with the intention of the “secret” never being shared with anyone else.
  • Come up with a code word with your child in case someone else ever has to pick them up from a location. Teach your child that if the person picking them up does not know the code word, to not willingly go with them.

Did You Know?

June is also National Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month. Foster care youth are about 2x as likely to suffer from PTSD as U.S. war veterans. Studies show 25% of former foster care youth experience PTSD due to prior abuse and neglect, stigma of being in the system, multiple placements, and instability. Up to 90% of children entering care have experienced at least 1 traumatic event.

Catch Us Here

6/20/2026 — Livonia PRIDE
Schoolcraft College — Main Campus
18800 Haggery Rd., Livonia, MI

6/24/2026 – 6/26/2026 — National Adoption Conference
Tasha and Melissa, from our Domestic Adoption Program, will be in Washington D.C.

6/25/2026 — Canton PRIDE
Heritage Park
1150 S. Canton Center, Canton, MI

Fridays in June, July, & August — Taylor Days
Heritage Park
12111 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI

A Community Resource Just for Our Agency Families!

Forever Families caregivers and children can get into Henry Ford Museum and Green Field Village for FREE!

To take advantage of this offer, email Rebecca Preweda at least 72 hours before the day you want to go and let her know how many tickets you need.

Email: rpreweda@forever-families.org

The Hope Collection

Forever Families has launched a new clothing line called The Hope Collection.

Our first collection, First Threads, features inspirational T-shirts and baby onesies designed to support children entering foster care. Through our Buy 1, Give 1 program, every purchase helps provide a donated item or equivalent gift to a child coming into care.

Every order helps bring comfort, dignity, and hope to children during difficult transitions while supporting the ongoing work of Forever Families.

Orders can be picked up at our office in Livonia or shipped directly to your home for an additional charge.

Check out the merch →

Employees of the Month: Kaley Pierson & Lily Gerlach

Kaley and Lily are case aids who assist with every department! They are timely in getting tasks done and help keep things running smoothly at the agency! They go above and beyond their job duties to assist others in need. We appreciate your hard work and dedication to the agency!

Infant Adoption

At Forever Families, we coordinate private, infant adoptions through our Domestic Adoption Program. If you know someone who is pregnant and wants to consider making an adoption plan for their infant, have them reach out to our domestic adoption worker, Melissa, at 248-914-0749 to learn more about the adoption process and services we offer our birth parents.

Blogs

Have you checked out our blogs? Each month, we release a new blog catered to the topics of foster care, adoption, and everything in between! Check it out today and learn something new! forever-families.org/blog →

Get Connected

Give us a Like on Facebook and follow us on Instagram at @foreverfamiliesmi to stay connected on the most up to date information and learn fun facts!

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Forever Families, Inc. · 17940 Farmington Rd., Ste. 301 · Livonia, MI 48152
Issue 8, June 2026