DISCOVER
OUR VISION
Imagine a loving, local family for every child in West Texas – providing healing, permanency, and stability with the support of their community. That’s our vision at One Accord for Kids. With your help, we will achieve our mission of transforming lives in West Texas by strengthening families and connecting communities.
Empowering Local Communities:
We provide education, insight, and coordination with excellence.
Coordinating, Not Duplicating:
We innovate to strengthen our partners and serve children and families.
Maintaining Connections for Children:
We build resource capacity for the children in West Texas to stay in their home communities.
Our Story
Having been a foster dad for a number of years and a foster care advocate in the community, I was often asked about my journey into foster care and adoption. I usually told of the joys and the struggles. About the great people that worked for the state of Texas but had to adhere to a system that didn’t always do what was in the best interest of the child. I would share that although so many people mean well, 66% of the kids that graduate out of the foster system nationwide, will, in one year, wind up on the streets, in jail, or dead.
Everyone I spoke to on this topic was shocked and saddened by the poor outcomes around foster care. A few community members were particularly interested and we teamed up. We quickly found out that the Texas foster care system was under scrutiny in a federal lawsuit, which would ultimately result in an order requiring drastic reform. The State responded with a multi-year, statewide transformation called Community-Based Care. This system, tasks local communities with responsibility for their at-risk children and families by putting a lead agency in charge of the placement, care, and reunification of children in state care – no small ask for a community.
We caught a vision for what needed to happen and how West Texans needed to respond. We formed a local board and began strategizing how we could be prepared for Community-Based Care when it came. Leaning on the policy think tanks and other organizations for insights on how to navigate this, we were put in contact with Brandon Logan. As we were forming One Accord for Kids it was actually him that gave us our name.
The Community-Based Care movement made its way across the state. Soon after, Brandon moved with his family to Abilene to run the lead agency in the region spanning from Abilene to Wichita Falls.
Excited about the progress One Accord was making in West Texas, Brandon joined the West Texas effort to become our current Executive Director.
— Matt Waller, Founding Board Chair
Brandon Logan
Executive Director
Brandon J. Logan, J.D., Ph.D., is the Executive Director of One Accord for Kids. Brandon has served as the executive director of 2INgage, the Single Source Continuum Contractor (SSCC) for foster care in Region 2, which includes Abilene and Wichita Falls, and as the Director of the Center for Families & Children at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Brandon began his career in child welfare as an attorney, representing hundreds of children as attorney and guardian in child welfare courts throughout Texas as a Child Welfare Law Specialist.
Brandon earned his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University. He holds a law degree and doctorate in human development and family studies from Texas Tech University, where he also taught courses in child welfare policy and family dynamics. His academic work includes child maltreatment, abuse trauma and treatment, and family and father engagement.
MATT WALLER
Director of Community Impact
Matt Waller, MS is the Director of Community Impact for One Accord for Kids. Matt and his wife, Jen, founded The Attic Foster Network, a Permian Basin based nonprofit that serves children and families of the local foster system and invites churches to do the same. Matt moved to Midland, with his family, to teach for Midland Classical Academy. Prior to that, Matt worked in Christian Camping. His emerging career in child welfare is a direct result of the West Texas grassroots movement to see the local community care for local foster children. Matt earned his undergraduate degree from Baylor University. He holds a graduate degree in nonprofit management and leadership from Walden University.
Shauna Todd
Director of Operations
Shauna Todd, BA is the Director of Operations for One Accord for Kids. Shauna and her husband, Steve, are long-time Midland residents. As an educator, Shauna began her career in special education but spent most of her time teaching at Midland Classical Academy’s Grammar School. Through serving in youth and homeless ministry, God placed foster care in their hearts. In 2018, they answered that call and through their foster care journey, Shauna realized the need for good foster homes and the great need for the community to support those foster homes. As an empty nester, Shauna turned her passion for foster care into a second career as the Executive Director of The Attic Foster Network. Now with One Accord for Kids, she continues to serve vulnerable children and families as the Director of Operations. Shauna earned her degree in Communications/Public Relations from Angelo State University.
Jenny Stubbs
Director of Permanency Initiatives
Jenny Stubbs, BA is the Director of Permanency initiatives for One Accord for Kids. Jenny and her husband, Brian have lived in Midland for 10 years. While Jenny is new to child welfare, she has worked in the Non-profit sector for the past 8 years. She is passionate about serving our community and loves West Texas very much. Since joining One Accord for Kids she has learned about the great needs of both children waiting to be adopted and the families looking for their future son or daughter. It has given her great joy to see her beloved West Texans help out with her program, the Heart Gallery of West Texas. Jenny graduated Summa Cum Laude from Eastern New Mexico University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre.
Savannah Todd
Community Impact Coordinator
Savannah Todd, BS is the Community Impact Coordinator for One Accord for Kids. Savannah was born and raised in Midland and graduated from Midland Classical Academy. Initially drawn to homeless and youth ministry while in college, she watched her parents foster. This experience and her mother’s involvement with The Attic drove her to launch her career in child welfare by working with a local Child Placing Agency. There, she worked with families getting licensed to foster. This experience gave her extensive knowledge of the requirements and hardships of fostering in West Texas. Simultaneously, this experience solidified her God given calling to serve the children and families of the West Texas foster system. Savannah earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Health Sciences Professions form Angelo State University.
Misty Casey
Community Resource Coordinator
Misty Casey, BBA is the Community Coordinator for One Accord for Kids. Misty and her husband, Cody, have lived in Midland for 18 years. While Misty would consider herself to be new to child welfare, she is the powerhouse that keeps The Attic Resource Center serving so many kids each day. She first became aware of The Attic after her daughters volunteered there with their school. As she learned more about the foster care situation in our community and the difference that The Attic is able to make for families, she was grateful to become part of this ministry. Misty graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelors of Business Administration in Marketing.