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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A box of diapers is always important because it helps provide a healthy, happy life for a child. But sometimes a box of diapers means even more. At…
Today I know with certainty that 2017 was the most pivotal year in our history for children’s lives being transformed in Florida and around the world. Children’s bellies…
BY AMANDA TILLMAN / ONE MORE CHILD INTERN FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING MINISTRY Recently, a team of creatives, including myself, met with hopes of realizing a deep-seated dream. It all started with...
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Early one morning, a staff member from One More Child entered the safe home to a sound that was familiar yet devastatingly beautiful. The artist was Ella*, a safe...
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When Ashley*, one of the girls living in The Porch Light safe home, was picked up from school by a coach one day, she had a look of…
Her heart must have been thudding in her chest as she sat squeezed between two older women in the backseat of a vehicle that was driven by an…