Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition

Specialties

The Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition is a non-​profit agency that strives to create permanency in foster children’s lives by recruiting and retaining foster/​adoptive families.

History

Established in 1989.

The Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition is a non-​profit agency, founded in 1989 with the support of the United Way of Greater St. Louis.

At our agency we do two things:

Recruitment: We are one of the area’s largest recruiter of foster/​adoptive homes because of our partnerships with the local media, including KSDK and 13 local newspapers.

Resource Center: Foster and adoptive parenting is a rewarding – but demanding – job. We offer many supports to parents, including support groups, training, advocacy, newsletters, two resale shops, crisis intervention services, and our Little Wishes program.

The Coalition consists of 30 member agencies, including the area’s most-​respected public and private agencies. Our staff is made up of foster/​adoptive parents and child welfare professionals with a broad range of expertise. As a non-​profit, 501©(3) agency, we are overseen by a Board of Directors.

Meet the Manager

Melanie S.

Manager

Melanie Scheetz and her husband are proud adoptive parents of two children, ages 13 and 11. Melanie has more than 22 years non-​profit management experience in the areas of administration and development. She joined the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition as its Executive Director in 1999. During the past 11 years, the Coalition has recruited more than 1,150 new foster/​adoptive families, and found adoptive homes for more than 300 hard-​to-​place children. Under her guidance, the agency developed the groundbreaking program, Extreme Recruitment.

Melanie has been honored with the North American Council on Adoptable Children’s 2006 «National Adoption Advocate» award; the 2007 Congressional «Angels in Adoption» award; and the 2008 «Women of the Well» award. She has a B.S. from Miami University.

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Melanie S. says,

«The Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition is a non-​profit agency, founded in 1989 with the support of the United Way of Greater St. Louis.»