Nonprofit helps support foster children, families

There is a shortage of foster parents in Anne Arundel County, but an organization is working to ensure foster children still have the resources they need. Entering foster care can be a sad and scary time for children. Taylor Pyles knows from experience as he grew up in foster care in Anne Arundel County. He is now the founder and executive director of the Blue Ribbon Project, which is dedicated to serving abused and neglected children and provide support to foster parents. Pyles started the Blue Ribbon Project to help make the process a little easier. The nonprofit provides backpacks filled with clothes, toys and other essentials for children as soon as they enter foster care. They also have life skills classes for children in foster care, and the support continues once they're placed with a family.