How Community Support Makes Family Reunification Possible
Across the country, thousands of children enter foster care each year, not because of abuse alone, but because of housing instability and poverty. When basic needs like beds, food, or safe housing go unmet, families become vulnerable to separation. However, when communities step in with practical support, families can reunify or even prevent foster care […]
The Impact of Unstable Housing on Children
A child should never have to wonder where they’ll sleep tonight. But for far too many children across our country, housing instability is part of everyday life. Some move from couch to couch with their parents. Some stay in crowded motel rooms. Others change foster homes over and over again, carrying their belongings in trash […]
Faith-Based Foster Care Support: Every Child TN
Churches play a crucial support role in their communities, which means they’re often in the perfect position to help end their local child welfare crisis. While there is still a lot of work to be done in organizing these efforts, many places of worship are learning about the crisis and getting involved. In Tennessee, we […]
Prevent Foster Care: One Mom’s Journey Through the 100 Families Program
Every year, thousands of families in crisis risk separation–not because of abuse or neglect, but because they struggle with one or more of the 13 social determinants of health. Too often, a lack of coordination between local resources keeps families from getting the help they need. That’s where our partner Restore Hope steps in. Through […]
Family Preservation and Reunification with Restore Hope
One of the most effective and crucial ways to end the child welfare crisis is through family preservation and reunification, which is why it’s the first focus of our Well-Being Support Ecosystem™ approach. Over half of the cases involving child removal in 2023 were preventable. Family preservation keeps children from being placed in foster care, […]
Lela’s Story: A Home for the Holidays
“There’s no place like home for the holidays,” sings Perry Como. But what about those who don’t have a home? The 2022 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report estimated about 580,000 people were homeless in the United States. Lela, a single mother of two, found herself in that exact situation. After escaping an abusive situation, Lela and […]
