Community Perspectives: A Disaster Plan
Before you begin working on preparing a disaster plan for your physical needs, you MUST take care of your spiritual needs first!
Community Perspectives: Broader Pictures
Broader Pictures by Rhett Lively What time I spent in college, I studied music and psychology. At the time I dreamed of opening a clinic where a couple of friends of mine and I would work on the whole person’s needs – one the body, one the spirit, and I’d take the mind. I felt
Community-Based Care: Implementation and Innovation
On December 31, 2020, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) announced that Region 9 — which includes Midland, Odessa, and San Angelo — would transition to a new system of foster care called Community-Based Care (CBC). This is the fourth in a four-part series about CBC. Implementation and Innovation in Community-Based
We Need Local Homes for Foster Children
Local Foster Care Capacity The ability to serve children in our communities has always been an issue for us in West Texas. Region 9 - the 30-county administrative region comprising West Texas and stretching from Loving County to Mason County - ranked dead last in the placement of foster children within their region and their
Community-Based Care: The Stages
Community-Based Care simply recognizes that communities know how to best care for and serve their children and families.
Community-Based Care: The Model
On December 30, 2020, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) announced that Region 9 — which includes Midland, Odessa, and San Angelo — would transition to a new system of foster care called Community-Based Care (CBC). This is the second in a four-part series about CBC. The Model for Community-Based Care We
Community-Based Care: History and Need
Community-Based Care: History and Need On December 31, 2020, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) announced that Region 9 — which includes Midland, Odessa, and San Angelo — would transition to a new system of foster care called Community-Based Care (CBC). This is the first
Permian Basin CPS Giving Tree
Permian Basin non-profits One Accord for Kids and The Attic Foster Network have partnered with DFPS to ensure local children in CPS and foster care receive Christmas gifts.
Week in Review – November 20
Foster Care and Child Welfare Week in Review - November 20, 2020 Here are some news items from this week related to foster care, adoption, and child welfare that caught my eye: 1. As COVID-19 Takes its Toll, Remember Kids in Foster Care (Commentary) Let's look at the Lone Star State. Comprising 42 percent of
Counting Our Blessings
Counting Our Blessings to Cover Our Fears By Rhett Lively In caring for twenty-one children, we’ve noticed several common themes in their hearts and minds as they’ve come into our home: Fear, worry, doubt, and a lack of the ability to hope. Early on, one of our kiddos, who was six at the time, happened