For six-year-old Amani, life has never been better. It is amazing the difference a year made for her brother, Amari, and mother, Destiny. Just a year ago, they did not...
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Curtiss*, like many other students at Sulphur Springs K-8 Community School, struggled to find food to fill his belly over the weekend. He had trouble managing his diabetes…
With a voice as warm as an African tropical breeze, and a countenance as cheerful as a toddler who just discovered he could crawl, Dison Bumba is a constant reminder...
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To many children, a trip to Walt Disney World is like a childhood rite of passage. But when your childhood is rife with trauma, exploitation and instability, moments like a...
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To many children, a trip to Walt Disney World is like a childhood rite of passage. But when your childhood is rife with trauma, exploitation and instability, moments…
Early in her and her husband’s foster care journey, Gabbie Kramer had no interest in welcoming teenagers into their home. Their foster care journey began with a phone call to...
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Ten-year-old Trevion is like most kids his age. Put a basketball or a video game controller in his hands and the usually shy boy comes alive. What makes…
Billy,* a preschool-age boy, arrived on a stranger’s porch at midnight, and the closest thing he had to a friend or connection to his family was the child protective investigator...
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Instability, isolation and insecurity – these are all words that describe the life *Elizabeth lived before coming into care at One More Child. Growing up in a family that struggled...
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For 11-year-old Lilly, the idea that her mom would be purchasing a home where they could put down roots together was a far-off pipedream. She would have been thrilled to...
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