Foster Care
By Vanessa Infanzon The call from social services came at midnight in October 2017 — Ruben Elizondo and his wife Hillarie Elizondo’s first foster child, a 4-month-old boy, would arrive in two hours with only the clothes on his back and a baby carrier. “We were ready...
Foster Care
BY MATTHEW MERSHON WILLIAMSON COUNTY WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas — The pandemic may have put a lot of our daily lives and numerous state services on pause, but ensuring the safety and welfare of Texas’s most vulnerable children could not be stopped. According to the...
Foster Care
SOURCE: STATESMAN Imagine wanting to be foster parents to a child in need and then getting a call that your wish had come true. A 3-month-old-boy needed care and was ready to be brought home, but with a complication: The young child was infected with COVID-19....
Foster Care
Casa of Travis County has been selected to receive a seed grant that will support a portion of a child specialist salary in order to offer wraparound case management services to foster youth on the verge of adulthood. A pediatric specialist ensures both the best...
Foster Care, Local
Carrying Hope has been selected to receive a seed grant to assist in their Hope Pack Program. A Hope Pack is a backpack filled with comfort items and certain necessities for any and every child entering the foster care system in Travis County. This seed grant enables...
Foster Care, Local
SOURCE: CBS AUSTIN This non-profit’s goal is to give hope to local children entering foster care and help ease their transition into a new home. As you can imagine, right now they are needed like never before. Carrying Hope Executive Director, Kristin Finan...
