Putting the "Care" in Foster Care

​​May is National Foster Care Month. This month at Project 1.27, we are praying for all the people like you who put the “care" in foster care. In Colorado we need more families to foster and more people to care for foster families. So, join us in praying for more than enough families to take the first step toward fostering and for hearts to be stirred and encouraged to care for kids. 

Care looks like a single kinship grandmother who lost her job because she missed work when her one-year-old grandson was in the hospital with pneumonia. Grandma joined an ECHOflex group, connecting with other families for encouragement and support. 

Care looks a young couple welcoming toddler twins just weeks after completing their foster parent training.

Care looks like a Project 1.27 Neighbor dropping off monthly meals to a foster family reminding the family they're not alone.

Care looks like volunteers responding to a CarePortal request from a biological family working toward reunification by providing furniture and household items to prepare Dad's apartment before the kids return home.

During National Foster Care Month, we encourage you to pray -
·       For how you can care
·       For children experiencing foster care
·       For more than enough foster families
·       For more than enough volunteers to care for kids and families

Share this information to your church and community, encouraging more people to put the care in foster care.

Kids need families. Families need YOU.

By Sharon Bouse-Ferry, ECHOflex Director