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Foster West Texas Kids Easter Egg Hunt
Foster West Texas Kids is a collaborative effort that helps connect prospective foster families with licensed child-placing agencies across the region. By working together, local agencies make it easier for families to learn about fostering, find support, and...
Family Preservation Providers Lunch & Learn: DFPS Reporting 101 Training
Under the West Texas Together initiative, family preservation providers gathered in Odessa for a Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) Reporting 101 Training hosted at Methodist Children's Home, Outreach Center (MCH) by MCH, DFPS, and Winners Circle...
100 Men Who Give a Damn
On Tuesday, January 20, something simple—and powerful—played out at MSS (Midland Shared Spaces): a room full of men decided to “give a damn” about West Texas. The concept is refreshingly straightforward. 100 Men Who Give a Damn – Midland gathers quarterly to hear...
National Adoption Month – Adoption Resources, You are Not Alone
Curious about adoption but not sure you will have the support you need? In West Texas, you don’t have to do it alone. Here are trusted, local supports that make the journey doable—from first questions to first nights home. The Attic Resource Center...
National Adoption Month – Saying Yes to Adoption!
Saying “yes” to adoption usually starts as a nudge—a story you hear, a photo that sticks with you, a quiet sense that your home has room for one (or two) more. Turning that nudge into a next step is a thoughtful process, and it’s okay to take it one stage at a...
National Adoption Month – Supporting Adoptions
Adoption is beautiful, brave, and—let’s be honest—stretching. New attachments take time, routines wobble, and paperwork never seems to end. Most adoptive parents won’t raise a hand and ask for help, but they exhale when community shows up unprompted with practical,...
National Adoption Month – Heart Gallery of West Texas
The Heart Gallery of West Texas exists for a simple, urgent purpose: to help children waiting in foster care find safe, loving, permanent families—right here at home. Across the Permian Basin and Concho Valley, too many kids are placed far from their schools,...
West Texas Child Welfare Food Pantry
A vision came to life last week through the leadership of CASA of West Texas, St. Joseph’s Ministry, and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS). Together, they launched a new initiative to create food pantries that are easily accessible...
Superhero Run Volunteer Gives Back
Every successful event is powered by the dedicated volunteers—and our recent Superhero Run was no exception. From the earliest moments of setup to the final stages of tear down, our volunteers were the true heroes behind the scenes, ensuring every runner had a...
Community Support for Concho Valley Young Adult
West Texas Together is a community partnership for West Texas child welfare and foster care. Through the strong relationships and their tireless dedication, leaders in the Concho Valley have established a robust network of support for local families and youth. One...
Why a SuperHero Run?
When a family in our community is struggling, it takes a team of heroes to surround them with care and hope. At One Accord for Kids, we believe the best outcomes for children happen when families—biological, foster, adoptive, and kinship—are supported, not sidelined....
Become a Cornerstone in a Child’s Story
In the heart of the Permian Basin, The Attic Resource Center has become a cornerstone of child welfare—a place where dignity meets need, and where vulnerable children and families are met with compassion and care. The Attic Resource Center, a core program of...
What are Reunification Baskets?
At The Attic Resource Center, we believe in standing alongside families at every stage of the child-welfare process — including the joyful milestone of reunification. When children are able to return home to their families, it marks the beginning of a new...
What is Reunification & When Does it Happen?
Reunification is the process of returning a child who has been removed by Child Protective Services (CPS) back to their biological parents, once it is determined to be safe and in the child’s best interest. It is the primary goal in almost all CPS cases,...
National Reunification Month: Removal & Reunification
When a child is removed by Child Protective Services (CPS), it's a painful moment for everyone involved. But removal is not the end of the story—it's the beginning of a process, with safe and stable reunification as the ultimate goal. It is important to note...
June is National Reunification Month – What is Reunification?
For more than a decade, June has been designated National Reunification Month. The month celebrates and brings awareness to the most desirable and positive legal permanency option for children in foster care. Follow along this month in our limited blog series as we...
First Pres Midland VBS helping out The Attic
At the end of May, One Accord for Kids had the incredible opportunity to partner with First Presbyterian Church Midland’s Vacation Bible School (VBS) to benefit The Attic Resource Center. Throughout the week, the VBS kids showed what it means to care for others...
WTT Permian Basin May 2025 Lunch and Learn for Child Welfare Professionals
On May 27th, West Texas Together - Permian Basin (WTT-PB) hosted another Lunch and Learn for Child Welfare professionals, offering that has come out of a need identified by coalition partners to develop the skills of our local workforce. West Texas has a...
Foster Care Awareness Doesn’t End in May—It Begins with You
As Foster Care Awareness Month comes to a close, the stories we’ve heard and the faces we’ve seen remain heavy on our hearts. In West Texas, hundreds of children still enter foster care each year—some with nothing but the clothes on their backs. But where...
National Foster Care Month: The Attic Resource Center
With May being National Foster Care Month, it is important to know that crucial component of foster or kinship care is supporting families so that children and youth can have the stability they need. The Attic Resource Center, now a program of One Accord for...