United Methodist Childrens Home Of North Georgia Conference Inc

Foster care: wellroot trained, equipped, and supported 67 foster families and served 117 children in foster care. 73% of children discharged from foster care achieved permanency through reunification or adoption. And, 64% of our new homes were willing to care for youth 13 and older.

Youth services: our independent living program (ilp) and transitional living program (tlp) supported 32 young adults transitioning from foster care to adulthood. The programs provided housing and life-skills training that ensure financial, personal, and spiritual success. Our outcomes include 100% of tlp youth on track to complete high school or ged during the year and 69% of ilp youth with stable employment. Tlp and ilp programs maintained a+ averages in safety, permanency, and well-being. As an accredited partner of the board of child care and office of refugee resettlement, we served 204 unaccompanied children migrating to the united states through our caminos program. The program provides home study services for children who have entered the united states without a guardian to help them find safe, stable homes and a path toward citizenship. The program also provided post-release services for children and their sponsor families, including school enrollment, safety planning, and referral services.

Community training: community training aims to build resilient communities and educate on the impact of adverse childhood experiences to bolster efforts to keep children out of the foster system and prevent additional trauma. We used multiple evidence-based curricula to educate 1730 parents, educators, child welfare workers, and first responders. These training programs included parenting (triple p), mental wellness skills (community resiliency model), building caring connections (connections matter), and a trauma-sensitive, resilience-building positive youth development framework (reaching teens).