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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
One Accord for Kids began with a simple conviction: children and families in West Texas should be supported by strong local communities with the relationships, resources, and capacity to care for their own.
As Texas began transforming its foster care system through Community-Based Care, a group of West Texans recognized both the challenges ahead and the opportunity for our region to respond differently. Local leaders came together to form One Accord for Kids and began building partnerships across child welfare, churches, nonprofits, businesses, and the broader community.
Over time, that vision has grown beyond preparing for changes in the foster care system. One Accord for Kids works throughout West Texas to strengthen families, support children and caregivers, promote permanency, and connect communities with meaningful ways to serve.
In 2024, One Accord for Kids and The Attic Foster Network joined together, bringing complementary services, relationships, and experience under one organization. Today, One Accord for Kids continues to grow as a regional organization committed to strengthening the network of people and resources surrounding children and families.
Our vision remains simple and ambitious: a loving, local family for every child in West Texas.
— Matt Waller, Founding Board Chair
Shauna Todd
Executive Director
Shauna Todd serves as Executive Director of One Accord for Kids, providing leadership and direction as the organization works to strengthen families and build connected communities throughout West Texas.
An educator by training, Shauna began her career in special education and spent many years teaching at Midland Classical Academy. Her involvement in youth and homeless ministries eventually led Shauna and her husband, Steve, to become foster parents in 2018. That experience gave her a firsthand understanding of both the needs of children and families involved in foster care and the important role a supportive community can play.
Shauna later served as Executive Director of The Attic Foster Network before joining One Accord for Kids. She now leads OAK’s staff, strategy, operations, and continued development as a regional organization serving children and families across West Texas. Shauna earned her Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations from Angelo State University.
MATT WALLER
Founder and Director of Strategic Partnerships
Matt Waller serves as Founder and Director of Strategic Partnerships for One Accord for Kids, developing relationships with church, corporate, community, and institutional leaders to advance OAK’s mission and create opportunities for partnership, funding, resources, and community involvement.
Matt and his wife, Jen, founded The Attic Foster Network to meet practical needs of children and families involved in foster care while inviting the local community to serve alongside them. He later helped establish One Accord for Kids as West Texas prepared for the transition to Community-Based Care.
Matt earned his undergraduate degree from Baylor University, a graduate degree in nonprofit management and leadership from Walden University, and his MBA from Southeastern University. His work continues to focus on bringing people and organizations together around a shared commitment to children and families in West Texas.
Jenny Stubbs
Director of Permanency Initiatives
Jenny Stubbs serves as Director of Permanency Initiatives for One Accord for Kids, leading efforts that help children in foster care find permanent, loving families.
Jenny oversees the Heart Gallery of West Texas across the Permian Basin and Concho Valley, coordinating with child welfare partners, photographers, community organizations, and Heart Galleries across the state to increase visibility for children who are waiting for adoption. She also develops community partnerships and opportunities that help connect prospective adoptive families with children who need permanency.
Jenny has worked in the nonprofit sector for more than eight years and has a deep love for West Texas and its communities. She graduated summa cum laude from Eastern New Mexico University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre.
Savannah DeRuiter
Director of Family Support Services
Savannah DeRuiter serves as Director of Family Support Services for One Accord for Kids, leading services and resources designed to strengthen foster, kinship, adoptive, and other families throughout West Texas.
A Midland native, Savannah began her career in child welfare with a local child placing agency, where she worked directly with families navigating the process of becoming licensed foster parents. Combined with her own family’s experience with foster care, that work gave her a practical understanding of the challenges caregivers face and the support that can make a meaningful difference.
At One Accord for Kids, Savannah develops and coordinates family support services, including The Attic Resource Center and My First Home. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Health Science Professions from Angelo State University.
Misty Casey
Community Resource Coordinator
Misty Casey serves as Community Resource Coordinator for One Accord for Kids, helping connect children and families with practical resources and support through The Attic Resource Center and OAK’s family support services.
Misty first became connected to The Attic when her daughters volunteered with the organization through their school. As she learned more about the experiences of children and families involved in foster care, she became increasingly passionate about helping meet practical needs in her community.
Today, Misty plays an important role in coordinating resources, managing day-to-day support through The Attic, and helping ensure families receive responsive and welcoming assistance. She and her husband, Cody, are longtime Midland residents. Misty earned her Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from Texas Tech University.
MADDISON BACON
Director of Community Engagement
Maddison Bacon serves as Director of Community Engagement for One Accord for Kids, helping build a stronger network of individuals, churches, businesses, organizations, and community partners committed to supporting children and families throughout West Texas.
Before joining One Accord for Kids, Maddison worked with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services first as a caseworker and then in faith-based and community engagement. Her experience gives her a valuable understanding of both the child welfare system and the role local communities can play in supporting children, families, caregivers, and the professionals who serve them.
At OAK, Maddison leads community engagement efforts, develops opportunities for meaningful participation, and helps connect community resources with identified needs across the region. Maddison earned her bachelor’s degree in General Studies from Texas State University, with areas of study in Religious Studies, Psychology, and Social Work.