Posted on January 10, 2020 by 1HopeMKE

-+*Recent research has shown an increase in children in foster care leaving due to adoption or guardianship and less due to reunification with one or both parents. We know that most children are removed from their parents care due to neglect that Read More →

Beautiful Girl You Can Do Hard Things

Posted on September 9, 2019 by 1HopeMKE

-+*As a mom my heart breaks when my kids are experiencing difficult things and I tend to want to shield them from the pain. Sometimes I wish I could keep them in a little protective bubble away from the hard stuff of Read More →

We Need Each Other

Posted on June 4, 2019 by 1HopeMKE

-+*This weekend we had a gymnastics banquet to attend with our daughter. We picked out a new fancy dress that she was excited about but what she really wanted was her hair braided. While I have learned a great deal about caring Read More →

Complex Needs Require a Complex Solution

Posted on March 25, 2019 by 1HopeMKE

-+*When OneHope27 began there was an average of 200,000 kids in foster care across the country. Today there are more than 437,000 (growhope.net) and the numbers continue to climb in large part due to the heroin epidemic. From 2006 to 2016, there Read More →

The Value I See in the Support Home

Posted on October 16, 2018 by 1HopeMKE

-+*The following post comes to us from our Business Administrator Keri. Read some of her story and why she values the support home. When we started our process to adopt, we were living in Florida – far from the cold Wisconsin winters Read More →