The final thought that comes to mind is BuddyPress, a plugin for WordPress sites. A pretty decent option if you already have a WordPress site setup. Source: over 1 year ago

As you're building a community site to allow parents and foster parents to create their own user profiles and potentially interact with each other, buddypress can do a lot of the heavy lifting for you. Source: over 1 year ago

I'd probably be remiss if I didn't also mention buddypress, which some like for creating a social/community space based on WordPress. I much prefer a forum, but you should at least look into buddypress a little. Source: over 1 year ago

Yes you can make the site in Wordpress. Some development work needed for sure. Please check Buddypress https://buddypress.org/ This a free plugin by Automattic. Source: over 1 year ago

My long-term plan: Adding BuddyPress support ( https://buddypress.org/ ) so basically wordpress+quasar social system with groups, forums, private chats etc. Adding WooCommerce support ( https://woocommerce.com/ ) so e-commerce.. Source: over 1 year ago

A synology wouldn't be able to run a document management server software though, would it? Specifically Paperless (https://marinersoftware.com/product/paperless/) and MySQL. Source: about 3 years ago

I went through this a decade or so ago when I realized when I was moving that a quarter of the boxes I moved were full of paper. I am currently storing everything in Mariner's Paperless. Https://marinersoftware.com/product/paperless/e Everything is in PDF so easily exportable but the scanner integration and the workflow make everything easier. Source: about 3 years ago

I've been a big user of paperless from Mariner software. https://marinersoftware.com/product/paperless/. Source: about 3 years ago