{"id":108735,"date":"2026-02-23T08:35:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seattleschild.com\/?p=108735"},"modified":"2026-02-23T14:58:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:58:05","slug":"seattle-dad-worked-very-hard-to-get-his-daughter-back-nick-stallings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seattleschild.com\/seattle-dad-worked-very-hard-to-get-his-daughter-back-nick-stallings\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle dad worked hard to get his daughter back | Unsung Hero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seattle\u2019s Child is proud to partner with the state Department of Children, Youth and Families <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dcyf.wa.gov\/services\/child-development-supports\/sfwa\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strengthening Families Washington<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to honor outstanding caregivers doing important work on behalf of children. Throughout February, we\u2019ll introduce you to Unsung Heroes from around the state. Enjoy their stories.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Nickolas Stallings, Seattle<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Mr. Stallings has multiple children that have gone on to adoption but on Dec. 3, 2025, for the first time ever, one of those children had a case close out after a successful trial and return home to Dad.<\/p>\n<p>Nick battled addiction, homelessness, engagement in criminal activity, all of it. This case went all the way to a termination trial before Dad showed up, got an attorney and jumped into gear! He successfully completed inpatient treatment, obtained his own housing, and got a job with the city of Seattle where he has received multiple promotions!<\/p>\n<p>Nick stuck it out and even held on through a <em>one-year<\/em> trial return home where he continued to show his dedication to change for himself and his daughter. Mr. Stallings is a very dedicated father and has worked hard to create a very strong bond between his daughter and himself. He has worked so incredibly hard and has been a joy and pleasure to work with. He is always wearing a smile, is calm and polite. He always has a clean home and has his daughter\u2019s hair done and dressed very cute. He has not just completed a successful trial return home, he has excelled. Mr. Stallings and his success story is why I come to work. To see families do so well brings such joy and motivation not only for others navigating this difficult time, but to us staff as well. Mr. Stallings is a true inspiration for us all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 Danielle Price<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><i>NOTE:<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Seattle\u2019s Child is running these stories unedited, as written by the people who nominated them, in keeping with the DCYF Unsung Hero process.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><b>More Unsung Heroes:<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattleschild.com\/a-passionate-caregiver-and-community-advocate-unsung-hero-renae-antalan\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A passionate caregiver and community advocate<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattleschild.com\/casa-volunteer-gives-children-a-voice-unsung-hero-alexandria-burkard\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CASA volunteer gives children a voice\u00a0 <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(no pic)\u00a0 TUES<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattleschild.com\/marysville-couple-give-selflessly-to-kids-anyone-in-need-unsung-hero-teresa-justin-kerr\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marysville couple give selflessly to kids, anyone in need<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caseworker says Nick Stallings is &#8220;an inspiration to us all.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1145,"featured_media":108745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2026 Unsung Heroes: Celebrating caregivers in Washington state<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We\u2019ve been introducing you to Unsung Heroes from around the state. 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