HOME Program
Meet Tylan Alexander, a foster mom here at Drumm Farm!
The people who choose to be foster parents are everyday heroes. They open their homes to provide safety, stability, and a healing environment to children who desperately need it. The number of children in the foster care system is staggering and the reasons they are transitioned to a new home can be overwhelming. That is what makes foster parents so incredibly special. It requires certain qualities like strength, compassion, empathy, and a willingness to open their heart and home to children who need safety, stability, and support. These qualities came easy to Tylan Alexander, a current single foster parent at Drumm Farm, because of her own experience as a young girl when she and her sister were taken in by another family. Their biological parents were going through a divorce, their father was an alcoholic, and their mother could not meet their needs at the time. To this day, Tylan still calls her informal foster parents, Mom and Dad.
Tylan moved to Kansas City 6 ½ years ago from her home state of North Carolina and after a few years of adjusting to a new city, she obtained her license to become a foster parent. In the summer of 2025, she ran across a post on a “Single Foster Mom” Facebook page, that was looking for placement for two preteens, a brother and sister. A few years back, their mother passed away in a traffic accident on the daughter’s birthday, and in the years following, both experienced unimaginable trauma and abuse. When the sister became pregnant, the siblings were separated and placed in state care. Tylan, deeply moved by what the siblings had experienced and the powerful bond they had formed through it all, was determined to find a way to foster them together.
During the process of having the sister placed under her care, Tylan heard about Drumm Farm Center for Children, a place that specializes in providing housing for foster families to be able to foster sibling groups. She submitted her application, interviewed, and was accepted into the Drumm community, moving to campus in October of 2025, with her 16-month-old foster son, the young, pregnant, preteen being placed with Tylan soon after. Even with major challenges on the horizon of a newborn being added to the mix, over the next few months two more children would be placed with Tylan, an 8- and 9-year-old. Even with her hands being full, Tylan adjusted well to living here at Drumm Farm. She attributes her ability to offer the care and love these children need and strength to get through the toughest days to the support of her church, the staff and services here at Drumm Farm, and the community of the other foster families on campus.
This past December, the brother was finally placed with Tylan and the siblings were reunited. They couldn’t have been happier to be back together under one roof, right before the Holidays. However, with a full house, Tylan knew they still needed to make room for one more and that after the new year, would come fresh challenges for everyone when the young girl’s baby would be born. Both Tylan and the soon-to-be new mother were filled with plenty of nerves anticipating the new arrival. In early February she gave birth to a healthy baby girl, and everyone is doing well!
This is just 1 of the 10 foster homes on campus here at Drumm Farm. In 2025, Drumm Farm hosted 82 foster children, with 19 kids reunited with family or adopted. It takes amazing foster families who are committed to selflessly caring for the children that are placed in their home, a staff that works very hard at providing quality services, and generous support from donors and contributors to make all of this happen. We are extremely grateful to be able to serve are community through the mission of Drumm Farm.