First Baptist Church Round Rock

Family of 5 consisting of children ages 1,2,& 3 along with two parents have been homeless and have moved from to hotel to hotel from Tarrant to Dallas County and now to Travis County. The father lost his job and was the only parent working. The parents are stressed due to lack of income. The family is need of three car seats to ensure that while they are using public transportation the children are able to have proper seats for security. The family is also needing 3T pull ups and wipes to help them with ensuring the needs of the children are being met. The family has very limited support and those that have already helped the family are no longer willing to continue to support them. The family and CPS have worked together to locate shelters however have been unsuccessful with locating a shelter where there is no long wait list. The goal of the family is for the parents to find stability and be able to locate childcare and find work to ensure they are able to meet the needs of the children. The family is in need of hotel cost to ensure that the family can continue staying in the hotel until shelter is available.

Family of 5 consisting of children ages 1,2,& 3 along with two parents have been homeless and have moved from to hotel to hotel from Tarrant to Dallas County and now to Travis County. The father lost his job and was the only parent working. The parents are stressed due to lack of income. The family is need of three car seats to ensure that while they are using public transportation the children are able to have proper seats for security. The family is also needing 3T pull ups and wipes to help them with ensuring the needs of the children are being met. The family has very limited support and those that have already helped the family are no longer willing to continue to support them. The family and CPS have worked together to locate shelters however have been unsuccessful with locating a shelter where there is no long wait list. The goal of the family is for the parents to find stability and be able to locate childcare and find work to ensure they are able to meet the needs of the children. The family is in need of hotel cost to ensure that the family can continue staying in the hotel until shelter is available.

The mother and child are needing help with clothes, shoes, and food. Fulfilling the request will help the child with necessary items that are important to his physical and emotional well-being.

The male child size is 14-16 in shirts and shorts. 11.5 size in men shoes, The mother size is large or x large in shirts shorts and pants. 10size in woman shoes.

The child I'm serving is a 13 year-old boy who has been in foster care for the past ten years. He's a bright, charming, and super smart young man who remains hopeful for his future despite the incredibly difficult journey he's endured in his short life. This kiddo moved into a new treatment center program during late-May where he can receive the help he needs to continue healing. This special program is located four hours from his only consistent family connections - his mother and aunt - each of whom struggle to make ends meet. The treatment program offers a once-monthly family visitation day and the kiddo would very much like for his family to come see him at his new home in July. The family is unable to afford the cost of a hotel room in our community which is needed to accommodate both a meeting with kiddo's therapist on a Friday afternoon and then the family visitation day the following Saturday morning. I'm hoping to receive the community's support in sponsoring the $115 cost of the hotel with a gift card. The family will cover the cost of gas to drive in from their home on the other side of Texas.

The Department is working to reunify two young children with their birth parents. The birth parents need to engage in services and communicate with the Department. The parents phones have broken and they are unable to use them. The parents had been going to the public library to use email and going to a relative's home to use their phone. The parents are now having transportation issues and a phone of their own would help them to complete services. A phone for each parent or one phone for the parents to share would be helpful.

Mom and teen have secured housing for the first time ever several months ago! Teen is a trafficking survivor and mom is living for the first time in recovery. They are striving to be connected to a local church community and are excited for this to be a turning point in their lives. Unfortunately Mom is struggling with complications from a chronic illness and is unable to maintain employment at this time. Any help with rental assistance so that they can maintain their home is SO helpful!!

Youth recently entered CPS care from Travis County and are placed in an emergency shelter in El Paso, TX. It is a sibling group ages 1, 2 and 4. Mother is based in Travis county with no transportation or means to visit youth in El Paso. All youth are non-verbal and significantly developmentally delayed. It is very difficult, based on age and developmental level the depth of trauma caused by separation from mother. We are working to bring the youth closer to Travis county however in the interim we are seeking assistance to facilitate weekly, or bi-weekly, visits for mom with her 3 children using greyhound bus service.