Homes – Engaging Our Young People in Difficult Conversations
2020 brought to light a national focus and conversation on social injustice and systemic racism in our society. We seek not to impart beliefs and values on the young adults we work with, but rather to engage them in conversation and direct them towards resources. At...
Healing – The Greatest Gift
A story from one of our foster parents: Our beautiful foster daughter came to us in July 2020. We received over 20 calls before this placement happened, but we kept trusting God had a plan. It became glaringly obvious that plan was her when she came to us for a visit...
Opportunities – Growing Support for Post-Secondary Students
Heaven graduated high school in 2020 and decided to attend Tennessee State University. She needed extra support once her college classes began even though she was receiving help from her high school counselor and her DCS case manager. Heaven struggled with distance...
Engagement – No Good Deed Goes Unnoticed
Former NFL player Michael Oher and subject of the movie “The Blindside,” is no stranger to experiencing at a young age the benefits of good deeds and kindness from others. Michael was determined when young to beat the negative odds of the cards he was dealt and rise...