MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) — For many children entering the foster care system, the transition begins with a trash bag holding everything they own. Seacoast Church is working to change that reality, ...
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Every day, a child enters the foster care system in Kansas, and the removal process is often traumatic. “Oftentimes, they’re handed a trash bag to place all their belongings in, ...
“They lost half my stuff, I’m pretty sure they just threw it away.” In recent years, this and other similar statements were heard far too often from youth entering foster care or changing placements.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Amelia Peters, a 10-year-old, has launched a charity called Swag Bags of Hope to provide foster children with backpacks and suitcases instead of trash bags. “It can make them ...