A family has taken in three children in a safety plan with no financial support. The youngest child wears size 5 diapers. Help providing the diapers would help alleviate some of the financial stress. The home is in Jefferson County but there is currently not a CarePortal program there.

A single mom is being reunited with one child and has another child in the home. Mom does not have a current licenses to transport her children. The cost to get her licenses reinstated is $315. It is important for mom to be able to get her license to safely transport her children without depending on others.

13 year old girl is in need of shoes that will fit. Her current ones are too small. She’s a size 9.5 women’s. She is prefers white or black that would go with anything. She has asked for Nike forces before, but would be happy with fitting shoes that are comfortable. Ones she has asked for on her wishlist are up to 100.00

13 year old needs help by having a phone to call CW if any unsafe situations occur. It does not need to be fancy or even be a smart phone. She just needs her own to be able to call when needed. It would be helpful if it was pre-paid minutes that can be reloaded.

Family just took placement of 3 children. They are in need of help to purchase clothes, none of the children had any clothing. They were able to get a few things but the little girl needs a few things. she needs long sleeve shirts and pants. Clothing sizes 5T shirts and 4T pants. she needs at least three sets.

We have a kinship family that is in need of bunk beds and mattresses in order to have safe and appropriate sleep for the teen relative that has been placed in their home. The family has exhausted all of their resources and has now reached out to the worker for any assistance in obtaining this need.

A kinship foster family, located 1 1/2 hours away from the biological parents, is currently caring for two children who were recently removed from their parents home. The foster parents where the children have been placed have not yet been approved for financial support. The foster family is eager to supervise visits and support the children in maintaining contact and attachment with their parents, particularly during the holidays. However, they face a barrier due to their limited income and disability. Child Welfare Services (CWS) is requesting assistance in the form of gas cards to enable the foster parents to drive the children to the visits, allowing for increased family time until they become approved foster parents. This support would be beneficial to both CWS and the children in maintaining their connection and aiding in the transition. We kindly request you to please consider helping this family.

The family is need of a twin-size bed and bed frame so he no longer sleeps on the couch and can enjoy his bedroom like his siblings can.

This is a kinship placement family that is needing two twin over twin bunk beds and a toddler bed. The bunk beds are to accommodate sleeping arrangements for 15, 13, and 5 year old girls and 3 year old boy. The request is being made to help make a kinship placement.

Hello Church Network! We are making a request for a laptop computer, or better yet someone who has a laptop and wants to assist a volunteer board in Marietta. My name is Keith Pirtle, and I am the program director for PARB which is the (Post Adjudication Review Board). PARB volunteer’s help monitor and support juvenile court proceedings across the state. There is an active board that meets every 3 months at the Courthouse in Marietta to review child welfare cases and make recommendations to the Judge Hicks. The board has recently been required by the state to track their efforts through an online computer system. Unfortunately, no one on the board has a laptop they can take to the meetings to complete this requirement. If you have a spare laptop or want to assist with these efforts, please let me know. Please respond to this request and I will get back to you on any questions or details you need answered. Visit our website for more information.

The department has been working with a dad with 1 child in a Family Center services Safety Plan, to prevent the child from going in custody. The father of the child is the primary support in the family, and he has been working hard to complete his services. The department is reaching out for help in covering this cost for the family. As those results are critically needed in being able to further provide support for the family by the department. In fulfilling this request, you would be ensuring the family is given the best opportunity to be successful in the family center service case and receive the support they desperately need. The department would look for other resources to help dad with a refrigerator. The dad on my caseload is moving into his new trailer home this this week and he will need a refrigerator. Any support would be greatly appreciated or if you know someone who can donate or refer dad to a gently used refrigerator, he would grateful! Thank you! Updated on November 30, 2023 by an Agency Worker
Any used or help to find a cheap fridge, will help.

A foster home is needing help with a female age 2 and a male age 6. They are needing a size 5 or 6 in diapers, wipes, baby shampoo and a potty chair. The 6 year old male is needing a pair of shoes a size 3 in grade school

A single mother of 4 is in need of some assistance with furniture. The father of the 3 youngest recently had a mental health episode and he can no longer assist with the children physically or financially. This has caused a significant amount of strain on the mother. There are 4 children, 2 male and 2 female. There is an age range from 17 Y to 8 months old. Her home has beds for each of the children but lacks a dining room table, and couches for their 2 living areas.

I have a foster mom that is in need of a dresser/chest of drawers for a 10 year old boy that is in her home. Foster mom provides a loving, safe home and meets his needs. This young boy will be able to take the dresser/chest of drawers with him when he is reunited with his biological mother.

The Child Advocacy Center routinely provides interviewing services for children who have allegations of child maltreatment. The Center provides comfort items for the children after their interview is over. The most common comfort items are stuffed animals. The children need new stuffed animals for sanitary purposes. The investigative process can be tough on the families and if a child can have a moment of joy picking out their favorite stuffed animal, then a small part of the process can be made easier for them. The age range we serve is 3-17.

I have a four year old boy who has been placed with a foster family for almost four months now. The foster family loves this boy and has gone to great lengths to accommodate him and his disabilities. Though this boy has been spending time in a center for specialized care, he will be discharged soon, and the foster family is trying to get everything ready for him so that the transition back into the home is as fluid as possible. They have requested clothing for this boy because he is growing out of the clothing they have, and also because the clothing they send with him to the center after a furlough does not often return with him. This boy loves all things Mickey Mouse. He loves playing with jumbo blocks and his cars, so that kind of image would be appreciated as well. This boy is in a size 5T and is in need of fall and winter items such as: long sleeved shirts, hoodies, sweatshirts, pants and jeans, jackets, and a coat, gloves, and hat. He is still in potty-training and the foster parents are also requesting pull-ups with Mickey Mouse on them. Thank you.

DHS is working with a family in a family preservation case to help a family create a better living situation for their child. They do not have working hot water right now and they had a leak they didn't know about so their water bill is extremely high. They have purchased the piece needed to fix the hot water tank but cannot afford to hire the plumber to come to the home. They have gotten an estimate of 400 from a local plumber and after calling several in their area, this is the cheapest quote they have been given. The child doesn't have hot water for a bath because of this issue and parents are having to turn the water off and on any time they need to use the bathroom or cook. The home is in need of a deep clean and having this water issue resolved will aid them in their cleaning. In addition, the family has been told if their water bill isn't paid by the first of the year their water will be cut off completely. The provider is not willing to work with them. They owe 1500. The child is a wonderful, well-developed, sweetheart and his parents have been incredible with DHS. They are compliant, willing to improve their situation, they are open to services, and willing to learn. Resolving this water issue and having assistance getting their water bill paid down will help the family tremendously. Thank you for your assistance.

A single mother needs a bigger vehicle to transport her children. All 4 of her kids will not fit into the car she has now. She has issues of being able to transport them all.

A single mother needs a Crib Mattress. A crib was donated to her, but it has no crib mattress. She also needs 3 dressers. She needs two dressers for boys and one for a girl. In addition, she needs a microwave stand and would benefit from a donated area rug to go under her children's bunk beds. If this need is met, it will allow her children to have needed items and will allow her something to put her microwave on. She really needs the crib mattress as soon as possible please. Used items are fine.

A foster parent in Valliant is looking for help in the form of diapers and wipes, she needs a few packs of diapers and wipes to preserve her until foster care payments can begin within the next 60 days hopefully. The child is a newborn baby so diapers are going fast.