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Partnership and Collaboration
West Virginia collaborators come together to get foster care ‘unstuck’
Like many communities across the US, West Virginia knows a thing or two about trying to care for vulnerable children and families with what feels like not enough resources, not...
A Place at the Table: New short film highlights CAFO collaboration across the continents
This work is not easy. When you follow Jesus into the difficult and broken places on behalf of a vulnerable child, you are sharing in their pain. It can feel...
The ‘special sauce’ of local foster care strategy
As you might know, the little fishy symbol that you sometimes see on the back of someone's car (hopefully not right after they have rudely cut you off in traffic)...
First-ever West African Alternative Care Summit sheds light on care reform in 17 nations
The first-ever West African Alternative Care Summit (WAACS 2025), held July 16-17 in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, brought together more than 300 child welfare, government and ministry leaders. Convened by...
A different direction: When church and state work together to help children and families
In 2008, Sara Tucholsky, a college softball player from Western Oregon, hit her first and only home run. As she was rounding first base, she missed the bag. Her first-base...
Rocking out and reaching out
In my teen years of the early 80s, I listened to a lot of great music – it was truly the soundtrack to my high school years, and the greatest...
