by Child and Parent Services | Apr 8, 2024 | Impact Stories
Angelica, a single mother raising five children, used to feel afraid whenever she heard a knock on her front door. After spending years as a child in the foster care system, Angelica recognized a simple knock as a threat: someone was at her door, ready to rip her...
by Child and Parent Services | Jan 17, 2024 | Impact Stories
At the beginning of 2023, a baby girl, only a few hours old, was surrendered at a Safe Haven Baby Box in Elkhart County. As the baby was placed in the warm incubated box, an alarm was triggered, alerting first responders that the box was in use and that a mother had...
by Child and Parent Services | Nov 28, 2023 | Impact Stories
Tammy* was a young mother on the verge of losing everything. After years of abuse, she filed a protective order against her ex-husband. Then, she lost her job due to layoffs, which left her struggling to support herself and her two young children. While she quickly...
by Child and Parent Services | Oct 3, 2023 | Impact Stories
By the time he turned 10 years old, Roy Thomas didn’t trust most adults. Roy first entered the foster system at 8 years old, and then again at 10 years old, after his biological mother struggled with addiction and his father was incarcerated. He was placed in...
