A program to benefit foster kids and their families gets a long-awaited addition.

The Salvation Army’s Family Place Program in Syracuse held a ribbon cutting for their new basketball court. The program provides a safe place for kids who are in foster care to visit with their biological families.

Those working at the Family Place hope the addition of the basketball court will lead to quality time during those visits.

"I can't imagine the look on the kids' faces when the older kids and the teenagers and the dads come here to visit and see that not only do the little kids have a place to play, but now they have a space that they can play," said Salvation Army Executive Director for Community Services Linda Lopez.

The court was donated by the Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation and Century Heating and Air Conditioning.