Video Stories

Video Stories

Jesse Dalbec was one of the first children who lived at Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries. Hear more about his journey, including the sixteen years he spent in foster care.
Learn more about the Cook family’s foster care journey.
Learn more about Latuana Hatcher’s experience becoming a relative foster parent.
Our Memory Makers Fund is a fund that allows foster families to submit requests for funds to cover activity/sports registration fees, the cost of any equipment or clothing needed for sports/activities, costs associated with family trips, and more! To Learn More, Visit: coyotehill.org/memory-makers
We surveyed our foster families and narrowed down the top 5 requested needs. Help us serve children in foster care. To learn more, visit coyotehill.org/volunteer
Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries is educating the community on what foster care really looks like. We want to shine a light on the reality of foster care in the state of Missouri. #ThisIsFosterCare Visit coyotehill.org/this-is-foster-care for more information.
The adoption journey does not end on the day a child is welcomed home; in fact, the journey is just beginning. Children impacted by adoption and/or foster care often experience early attachment injuries related to loss, abuse, trauma, and/or neglect. There is hope and help, though.
What is “Foster Care”? We asked former foster youth, current foster parents, and Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries staff around Missouri. Let’s shine a light on the reality of foster care in the state of Missouri. #ThisIsFosterCare Visit coyotehill.org/this-is-foster-care to learn more.
What is “Foster Care”? We asked former foster youth, current foster parents, and Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries staff around Missouri. Let’s shine a light on the reality of foster care in the state of Missouri. #ThisIsFosterCare Visit coyotehill.org/this-is-foster-care to learn more.
Meet Brandi Brooks, former foster youth at Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries. Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries is educating the community on what foster care really looks like. We want to shine a light on the reality of foster care. #ThisIsFosterCare Visit coyotehill.org/this-is-foster-care for more information.
What is “Foster Care”? We asked former foster youth, current foster parents, and Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries staff. Let’s shine a light on the reality of foster care in the state of Missouri. #ThisIsFosterCare Visit coyotehill.org/this-is-foster-care to learn more.
Family Partners give a monthly gift to support the work of raising children in foster care. Join a dedicated group of donors passionate about changing lives and ending child abuse with this generation.
There are nearly 15,000 children in foster care in Missouri. Not everyone can be a foster parent, but everyone can help a child in foster care. Together, we can change the landscape of foster care.
For 30 years, Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries has worked to keep kids safe. Keeping kids safe means providing resources to license foster parents, giving children secure homes to live in, and providing advocates to walk through life with foster families.
We were so excited to have a ribbon cutting for our new Jefferson City Home in July of 2021! This home will be able to welcome up to 6 children at a time.
Hosting a respite night allows an evening of fun for children, while also giving their parents a few hours to themselves.
Kids from our Harrisburg Community had a wonderful time at this year’s Lake Day hosted by John and Cindy Glennon! This summer event has been a hit for 12 years now.
Learn about Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries’s Family Advocates as we interview Family Advocate Lorenzo Scott. He has been involved in the world of foster care for more than a decade.

On Wednesday, July 21, 2021 Mizzou Football put on an amazing camp for children in foster care.

The Boote family shares about how their loss of a child prompted them to donate a special place for children to enjoy.

On May 15, 2021 Nathana Clay Photography captured some beautiful images of our foster families, taken at Strawberry Hill Farms.

Leslie, a single mom who dreamed of fostering, was licensed by Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries. She and her son welcomed three children this spring!

Steve and Sarah Yates were licensed through Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries and adopted their daughter, Zariah, through foster care on April 6, 2021.

Rachel and Polly of Thriving Home share their “why” behind supporting Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries. They also share some exciting news!

Kevin and Ashley have worked at Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries for more than a year. They have five biological children and three they are fostering!

Learn more about a recent adoption!

We know 2020 has not been easy. We want to share how thankful we are at Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries. Happy Thanksgiving!

On Monday, November 9, we wrapped up our final session of STARS for 2020 with a graduation.

For as long as Joseph and Elaine can remember, they have wanted to foster. Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries came into their lives at just the right time.

In August 2020, we opened our seventh house on Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries’s property: The Ubl Home. We are so grateful to Jerry and Maggie Ubl!

Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries may have been the only organization doing this during the pandemic, but our first fully online STARS class graduated on June 9, 2020!

A book for children in foster care, read by the kids and staff of Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries.

Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries Licensing/Training Director Amy Kingery shares about Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries’s Foster Care Services – which launched in 2020.

You could call this MINI golf since it involves all five of our mini horses! Check out this awesome putt made by one of our Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries kids.

On Saturday, March 14, 2020, eight families received their graduation certificates from Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries, having completed STARS training

Tuesday, January 14th, 2020 was a day of celebration for Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries as we celebrated the launch of Foster Care Services in Columbia.

“We took a cinematic look at the journey of Calvin, one of Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries’s first foster children. The result was a poignant three-minute video that felt more like short film rather than a testimonial.” – Cosmic Sauce, Video Creators.
This is the story of Valerie’s journey from homelessness to Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries and how her life was changed because of it.
Michael’s journey to Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries was not an easy one. From foster care to a foster parent, watch Michael’s courageous journey.
The film follows a mother and son who overcome great adversity to find happiness. To bring this story to life, we worked with Cosmic Sauce and some very talented local actors. It is a poignant story about the power of love.

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