Car seat will ensure newborn is transported safely to and from hospital and doctors' visits. Single parent household that just moved and is very limited with financial resources. Mother is due in a month and has already made expenses for safe sleeping arrangement and other items that have been observed.

The Department is humbly seeking assistance in our extended community for donations to help ease the financial strain during this emotional time. An extended family, living in the same home, consists of a mother and her two children (17YOF and 12YOM) and the mothers brother, his wife, and his two children (1YOM and 4YOM) is presently struggling to obtain even the basic necessities to live; this includes clothing for the children. Even with the adults in the home working, their income mostly goes to rent to allow the family to remain in a safe spot. The family is able to sometimes have money left over for a few groceries but never had enough funds to get clothing for the children. The family is limited in English proficiency; which aides into the complications of seeking help from their fellow peers. The Department is asking for $100 per child to provide clothing for the children.

17YOF: Shirt: Small, Pants: 27, Shoes: 7 12YOM: Shirt: 16-18, Pants: 28, Shoes: 8

4YOM: Shirt: 8, Pants: 6 or 7, Shoes: Toddler size 12 1YOM: Shirt: 2T, Pants: 2T, Shoes: Toddler size 5

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Twin boy and girl (6) and their brother (12) were placed in an emergency foster placement with non-relative kinship. Bedding is of a high need to help make the children comfortable in their sleeping arrangements. Clothing and hair bows and supplies is requested for 6 year old little girl. She wears size 5/6. The family does not have many toys for the age of six. These friends of the family have stepped up to help these children stay close to their school and family. Any assistance to help would be greatly appreciated.

I am writing on behalf of a young mother currently facing an extremely difficult time. She is the sole caregiver of her 4-year-old child and has recently taken on the responsibility of caring for her 19-year-old brother following the sudden loss of their mother. With both parents now deceased, she and her brother are navigating the immense challenges of grief and loss while attempting to remain stable as a family unit.

This young woman is now at risk of eviction and urgently needs rental assistance. She has no financial or emotional support from the father of her child and no extended family to lean on. Despite these overwhelming circumstances, she has stepped up to care for her younger brother while continuing to provide for her child.

This family is in urgent need of community support. Rental assistance at this time would offer them the stability they need to begin healing and rebuilding their lives. Your support could make a life-changing difference for them during this critical moment.

A low-income family is in need of some support. They have a very amazing 10 yr old daughter with Autism and are moving to better her living situation. Moving to Texas in July on the 16th. The needs of the family:

• Any moving help that can be provided, financial help with paying for U-Haul, or physical help. Three adults are moving with the 10-yr old, and two of the adults have physical disabilities.
• 10 yr old girl loves Minecraft, a movie night out for their family would bring Joy during a stressful moving time, tickets to the Rochester SE Theatre, Marcus Rochester Cinema, for mom, dad and 12 yr old daughter for a movie night. Please contact me with any questions. Thanks for your consideration with this request.

Family is in need of two twin sized mattresses, the bed frames and bedding have been secured.

One of our members has a washer and dryer to donate. A newly arrived refugee family with a disabled child is in great need of these donated units. We are looking for help from our church to pick up and deliver the washer and dryer. A pick up truck is needed, also volunteers to load, unload and install.

I met a young single mom, yesterday who is facing homelessness. She and her 12 year old daughter currently live in an apartment with her mother and are being evicted on Sunday evening. The grandmother has a place to go but this mom and her 12 year old do not. She is on a list to move in to housing in 4-7 days. She hopes to get a job in the Ruckersville area within walking distance of Food Lion.
GRACE can likely help her with first months rent when she gets in, but cannot help her with both first months rent and a hotel stay until the apartment becomes available. We are seeking nights at a hotel or an available room where she and her daughter can stay until getting the apartment. Please reach out if you can help with this. If different churches pay each church needs to make a different reservation which would be difficult. Current rate is around $140 a night. Let me know how many nights you could cover for her and I will start a reservation with that many nights and ask that you either send funds through GRACE or stop in the hotel and pay cash towards the reservation.

April showers bring May flowers! We’re sowing seeds of hope within the foster care community, connecting with kind and compassionate individuals to help us find safe and affordable housing for Sherry, Kaya, and Kennedy. We’re praying for a harvest soon, as they must be fully moved out of their home by the end of June. Kennedy is preparing to graduate from high school in just a few weeks and is stepping into the next chapter of adulthood. Cameron has been thriving in New York; he's already received a glowing letter of praise from a client for being so helpful! Sherry recently started a new job assisting a senior during the day, and Kaya has been a big help in organizing, packing, and preparing for the upcoming move. If you know of anyone who might have a room available for the girls or for Sherry, please reach out. As always, we are deeply grateful for your continued support each month. Please select “Fund” when donating.

Summit, we have a relationship with a foster family - they are a family that we have known through our partnership with the Dream Center in OKC. They have taken a placement of a 14-year old girl, and they need a bed and bedding for her A.S.A.P. Can you help us out so we can purchase this for her? Thanks. Nathan