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Position: Office Administrator Reports to: President Status: Hourly Hours: 25-28 PURPOSE: Provide administrative support; manage processes and office organization to achieve an efficient, friendly ministry environment which enables mission fulfillment. SCOPE: Responsible for multi-channel communication, executive support, training and event logistics and support, managing volunteers, financial processes, human resources and office organization. RESPONSIBILITIES: Communication •… Continue reading
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About a year and a half ago, my boss called me to tell me this was my last day with the company. My position had been eliminated. This unexpected news was quite a shock, not just because it was unexpected and not just because I had worked there for 11 years. Getting laid off threatened… Continue reading
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Did you know the majority of new foster care cases have the goal of family reunification, not adoption? While this has long been the case, it is not widely known. Parents are often villainized and a child’s removal from the family is praised. We believe it’s important to spread word of the beauty, joy and… Continue reading
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Project 1.27 mom and foster parent, Rachel, took the time to share her thoughts with us. We wanted to pass along her wise and inspiring words. Enjoy! — Today we celebrate the babies living in our home for six months. What a six months it has been! To say it has been a challenge for… Continue reading
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One reason people share for not becoming a foster parent is the fear of becoming too attached and then, having to say goodbye. When a child enters the foster care system the goal is to reunify him with his parents. Extenuating circumstances can change this goal over time, but this is generally the initial goal…. Continue reading
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Being a foster parent is a big call and there are often misconceptions of who is qualified to answer it. Some believe they must have an idyllic life story, or be super-parents. Many believe they have to own a home, be wealthy or be a saint. Let’s clear up a few of those misconceptions! Here… Continue reading
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The national number of kids in foster care has been rising for the past 5 years. According to the most recent Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), there were 427,910 kids in foster care in 2015. 269,509 kids entered the system in 2015 and only 243,060 exited the system. To make matters… Continue reading
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Families who listen to the call to care for kids from hard places, whether through foster care or adoption, need support. Both individual families and the church as a whole can see benefits when kids from hard places are brought into families within the church community. Here are 5 benefits of foster and adoptive families… Continue reading
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We asked a handful of our Project 1.27 families things they would like their Support Team to know for their first Christmas as foster parents. Please ask us how we’re doing! After the first couple of months as foster parents, people stopped initiating conversation with us about fostering. I don’t know if it’s because we’re… Continue reading
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