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Bethany Christian Services taps Airbnb for refugee shelter
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Under the Open Homes program, Airbnb hosts sign up to house refugees for free until their permanent housing is sorted out.
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Bethany Christian helps Central American refugee, 3, finds foster home
Lansing State Journal
The 3-year-old was separated from her extended family when she crossed the border and is now pursuing voluntary departure to be with her parents.
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Bethany Christian Services seeks Holland foster homes | WOODTV.com
WOOD TV 8
At a time when migrant detention centers are under fire, Grand Rapids-based Bethany Christian Services is expanding its support services.
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Bethany Christian Services Helping Refugee Children in Northern Michigan - 9 & 10 News
9&10 News
Bethany Christian Services in Traverse City is getting ready to recognize World Refugee Day later this week. They currently have six refugee children living with foster parents in northern Michigan. They’ve been working with refugee children since 2016. These children typically flee to refugee camps where they are vetted for several years before being resettled. The six children who now...
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Refugee World Cup to raise money and celebrate World Refugee Day | WOODTV.com
WOOD TV 8
The tournament will be World Cup style with FIFA rules. Incredible soccer players from all over the world will be competing in this tournament!
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Volunteers make new beds for children in foster care | Fox17
Fox 17 News
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Children in foster care will soon have a bed to call their own thanks to a group of volunteers. Employees with G.E. Aviation and Bethany Christian Services teamed up Friday to build new bunk beds.
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Bethany expands migrant foster program to Holland - News - Holland Sentinel - Holland, MI
Holland Sentinel
HOLLAND — Bethany Christian Services, a nonprofit adoption service based in West Michigan, has expanded its services to better serve the Holland area.The main focus of the expansion is its transitional foster program for unaccompanied migrant minors. These are children who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border without adult family members, seeking to connect with a family member already in the country.Bethany has provided these services since 2012, but the new expansion is designed to locate
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What If We Could Reach Families Before the Crisis? There Would Be Fewer Kids in Foster Care
Chronicle of Social Change
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Opioids causing a crisis in the foster care system | Fox17
Fox 17 News
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Walking into Bethany Christian Services I'm introduced to Devetta Clayton. The bubbly Grand Rapids native is playing with her biological grand-daughter, and her now legal daughter, Nia.
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