Gracious Promise Foundation

A local Foundation has pledged to match every gift we receive to fund an expanded employment service and emergency aid to clients up to $58000. Therefore, every dollar you give produces $2 of benefit to our clients for a total of $116,000. If you would like to give to this initiative, please note on your check that it is given to the “Matching Grant” fund. We hope you’ll join us! No gift is too small. For more info on the programs that will be funded, click here: 6-20-2008 Newsletter Our Program Deadline is August 1, 2008. To donate, simply designate your check as “Matching Grant” or type “Matching Grant into the “Purpose” field if you’re using paypal. Thanks so much for your interest!

Tags: Case Management, Employment, Grandma's House

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We are so proud of Raechelle! Her story was picked up by the AP Newswire and featured all across the world by major newspapers and sites like CNN. Thanks to Fosters.com for continuing to host this story.

“That’s when she heard about a private program that would take care of a prisoner’s newborn until the mom was released. The baby would be brought back to the prison every day in those first few weeks so mom and baby could bond. And when mom got out, the program would give the baby back and help mom get started on a better life.

It was already July, and Romero was due to deliver in September. There would be significant hurdles until then, Romero told herself, but certainly none of them insurmountable.

She had to believe.”

Read More – From jail to a job: One mother’s quest to keep her baby

Tags: Children, Families, News

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Click here to read: 2-1-2008 Newsletter

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