The University of Cincinnati honored Lighthouse Foster Care and Adoption during the UC football game on November 23. UC donated tickets for Lighthouse families and employees to that game as well as for the game on October 19.  We are so grateful!

"Of those referrals that we receive, we can receive anywhere from 15 to 50 referrals per week. Almost 80 to 90 percent of those come from some type of drug-related issue attached to them," said Mindy Arlotta, Director of Lighthouse Foster Care & Adoption.

Every couple of weeks or so, Hamilton County child welfare workers pull out a cot between the desks and file cabinets of their downtown Cincinnati office building and put a child to sleep because they can’t find a suitable family member or an available foster home.

Evan is a special boy who stayed in foster care for years. He lived in six different placements and saw at least one potential adoption fall through before he landed in the home of Melissa and Chad Peters, Lighthouse Foster Parents.