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We believe everyone deserves to be loved, connected, and safe. That’s why we work hard to ensure everyone has a supportive family. Read op-eds, news articles, and press releases to learn more about the work we’re doing – and how you can get involved.
Bethany Op-Eds
I was a refugee from the world’s happiest country
Bhutan, a small country between China and India, is known to the world as the land of happiness. But what many people don’t know is that, in the early 1990s, one-sixth of its population was forced to leave their homeland.
Foster care: broken system or loving home?
While our system is undoubtedly overburdened, across our region, I have seen the love, care and great courage of the couples and families who open their hearts and homes to vulnerable children in need of care.
There’s still a crisis in Central America, and Nashville can help
So far this fiscal year, nearly 45,000 unaccompanied children have been apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border. Through Transitional Foster Care, children can be placed with temporary foster families until they are able to be reunited with family.
We need a more sustainable solution to the global orphan crisis
Kristi Gleason explains why orphanages are not the answer for children in need around the world—and demonstrates why family-based care is the better solution.
