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The Story of ‘Possum Trot’ Shows Us What’s Possible When Communities Work Together to Serve Vulnerable Children
Church Leaders
There is strength in numbers. Power in community. Hope for the future.
The foster care system must serve relatives, too
The Detroit News
Family reunification should be the goal of foster care. Kinship care should be the norm while a child is in the foster system.
The key to preventing childhood trauma?
The Christian Post
Children need to feel safe to try and safe to fail. And amid their experimenting, they need to know the people and routines around them will remain.
Fostering Connections
WGVU Public Media
Shantheis Moody from Bethany speaks with host Shelly Irwin about how to help with the connections between a child, their parents and foster caregivers.
Thousands of Kent Co. students in need to receive backpacks of school supplies through nonprofit
ABC 13
The backpacks will be distributed to about 40 low-income schools as well as to Bethany Christian Services and the Refugee Education Center.
