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Bethany Christian Services Receives $60,000 Two-Year Grant to Support Youth Aging Out of Foster Care in Southeast Michigan
April 21, 2025
Bethany Christian Services was recently awarded a $60,000 two-year grant from The Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan to strengthen and expand support networks for youth aging out of foster care in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.
Bethany Christian Services Sues the State of Michigan for Discrimination After Denial of Funding for Critical Services
September 10, 2024
The lawsuit states the government’s actions violate Bethany’s right to the free exercise of religion guaranteed by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and the Civil Rights Act of 1871. By denying funding for Bethany’s refugee-resettlement services, Michigan officials are blocking critical social services to vulnerable children and families, and jeopardizing jobs at Bethany.
Bethany Christian Services receives $10,000 grant to support families
July 15, 2024
Bethany Christian Services was recently awarded a $10,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Greater Flint to address the challenges of poverty and basic needs of families in the foster care system.
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Reluctant to foster a child? That's normal but think about this
The Christian Post
Bethany Christian Service's CEO Keith Cureton shares his family's journey with foster care and adoption.
The church helped me when I was a refugee. It's called to do the same today.
Religious News Services
God didn’t commission faith-based nonprofits and nongovernment organizations to represent him to a hurting world. Jesus asked the church to do that.
The Story of ‘Possum Trot’ Shows Us What’s Possible When Communities Work Together to Serve Vulnerable Children
Church Leaders
There is strength in numbers. Power in community. Hope for the future.
The foster care system must serve relatives, too
The Detroit News
Family reunification should be the goal of foster care. Kinship care should be the norm while a child is in the foster system.
'Forever families' needed for PA children in foster care
Public News Service
May is National Foster Care Month and in Pennsylvania, more than 15,000 children are waiting for foster families. Their advocates are urging more people to open their homes to help.