by sarah | Nov 4, 2026 | Carry Hope
She turned 12 in a house she’d slept in for just one night. The evening before her birthday, a little girl entered foster care. By the next morning, she was waking up in an unfamiliar home with a family she had only just met. The Fostering Hope Closet is closed on...
by sarah | Nov 3, 2026 | Carry Hope
They finally had a place to call home. But there was nowhere to sleep. A mother and her four children were beginning again in Lebanon after experiencing domestic violence. They were safe, and they had an apartment of their own. But it was empty. No beds for the three...
by sarah | Nov 2, 2026 | Carry Hope
The hardest part wasn’t finding him a home. It was getting him there. It was a Saturday when a woman in St. James got a call. Her newborn nephew needed somewhere safe to go. So did his older sister. She said yes. The baby was at the hospital in Rolla. No baby goes...
by sarah | Nov 1, 2026 | Carry Hope
All that came with her was a diaper bag full of socks. It was nine o’clock at night. A caseworker handed Laura a three-month-old girl who had just been removed from her home. She was screaming. No one knew when she had last eaten. Laura had signed up for respite care,...
by sarah | Oct 5, 2026 | Carry Hope
The people of the Ozarks care about kids in foster care. You’ve seen the need. Maybe you’ve donated to a nonprofit, cheered on a foster family at church, or wondered what you could do. What’s harder to see is what those kids and families are up...
