200: Children Adults: up to 50 Hello Community Supporters! We are holding our annual Kinship/Foster Parent Appreciation Celebration in June 2025! Kinship families are unique in that they take placement of children on an emergency basis who they have a prior relationship with in order to prevent children from being placed in the foster-care system. Foster families are such a need in this community and they open their homes to children with no where else to go. These families selflessly get licensed knowing the need in our community. They have to complete a rigorous process to open their home and cooperate with several agencies and the court system as well as be an advocate for the foster child in their home. If the community didn't have foster parents, more children would be in DHS offices without placement. Showing our appreciation will ensure we can maintain these vital resources in child welfare and hopefully encourage others to help in ways they are able and advocate for children with DHS involvement. The Kinship/Foster Care Unit is hoping to be able to provide gift cards through a raffle to each family at the event in the amount of $50 for grocery stores, Walmart or Target, or other locations in town where items for the family can be purchased. Another option is to provide specific items to raffle off to the families such as fun activities for the children or gift baskets, be creative!

Youth is about to enter FYIT program and is currently at residential placement completing his program, youth would like to get a job for the summer and would like to be able to ride on a bike to work in order to not rely on public transportation.

The family has an open CPS case for about a month. There have been concerns with the cleanliness and safety of the home. There are nine children in the home. The family is in need of nine twin sized beds, nine bedding sets, and a washer and dryer. The mother reported that the washer and dryer quit working. Since CPS has been involved in the case, the family has allowed people to come to the home and remodel the home, as well as help them clean the home. The parents are ensuring that the medical and dental needs of the children are met, and they have made tremendous progress with the home and case progress.

The family has an open CPS case for about a month. There have been concerns with the cleanliness and safety of the home. There are nine children in the home. The family is in need of nine twin sized beds, nine bedding sets, and a washer and dryer. The mother reported that the washer and dryer quit working. Since CPS has been involved in the case, the family has allowed people to come to the home and remodel the home, as well as help them clean the home. The parents are ensuring that the medical and dental needs of the children are met, and they have made tremendous progress with the home and case progress. The family will continue to struggle to maintain clean clothes if they do not get a working washer and dryer. The children need new beds, as their beds are stained and there are concerns with flea infestations.

The Families Together program at Christian Heritage has received a help request from a single mom with 4 younger kids. The mom is working for one of the local schools as a paraeducator. Because of a paperwork snafu on her employers part and her disability has been impacted. The disability is being straightened out, but that process takes so much time. Because of the impact on the disability, this mom is behind on rent and is accumulating late fees of $15 a day. She has an eviction notice for July 6. If she can pay the past due before then she won't have to move. Mom has called all the agencies and tried all the programs to help, but has not had luck yet finding the resources she needs.

Mom is looking into other ways to work over the summer so she can earn more money to pay this bill, but with 4 younger kids, she is having a hard time making that work.

So far, she owes $1865 with $15 a day being added to that amount. On July 1 she will need to come up with another $900 for July rent if she stays at this apartment. Mom is able to put down between $700-800 to help pay the past due amount. Once the past due is paid, she has the finances to stay current on her rent.

Thank you.

Single mom with two children facing eviction if she doesn't get help with her rent. Children out of school, and challenges with child care, caused her to miss work. She only has half of her rent. She needs to help with $600 which is the the other half of the rent and late charges. The children will be going to summer camp in July allowing mom to get back to her normal working hours.

Hey team, we have a family in our church that serves as a foster family. The birth mom for the child is in need of a convertible car seat so they can have the child for visitation. This would meet a huge need for this mom and child and serve the foster family as well. If you happen to have one in good condition that you could give her that is great or here is an option if you would be available and willing to purchase one. You can just get it to me and I'll make sure the foster family gets it. Thanks so much team.
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A single mom with an 8-month-old is living with her mother and does not have a bed for herself. She needs a full or queen-size bed (frame, mattress, and box springs) plus bedding. A small floor fan (not a ceiling fan) is also needed for the bedroom. This mom is part of the Napier community that Harpeth Hills serves.

Newly arrived Special Immigrant Visa holder family of 7 who fled from Afghanistan (US allies) is needing a bunkbed for 4 daughters to settle into a single bedroom in their 2 BR-1BA apartment this week.

Unfortunately, due to limited space in bedroom (needing to fit 2 sets of bunk beds), twin bunk beds will fit better than full bunk beds, so probably not flexible on that aspect of this request.

Depending on the bunk bed frame that you donate, we may or may not need box springs, so I didn't add those explicitly to this request.

Thanks!

We have a youth accepted to Georgia Gwinnett College starting in August. She will definitely need a laptop for school. Although her tuition should be covered by the state through the Independent Living Program (ILP), she will be living on campus and will have to pay her own dorm fees, ($400 per month). She will have a job on campus to try to cover those fees, but is also working now trying to save up for a car. She would greatly appreciate any and all help you could provide to set her up well to succeed at school. Please join us in praying for this youth!