200+ Foster Teens Age out of Arkansas State Care Every Year: Ministry Aims to Help Them Transition to Adulthood

Source: Ministry Watch
Published: Jul 30, 2023
Author: Jessica Eturralde
Post Date: 2023-07-30 01:55:37 by Charles_Byrd
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Eric and Kara Gilmore, who served as houseparents at a local group home in Arkansas, knew they had to do something after they watched in disbelief as one of the young women they had cared for was kicked out of foster care the day after her 18th birthday.

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#1: watchman    To: Charles_Byrd (#0)

Gilmore said Immerse Arkansas’ program LifeBASE focuses on preparing youth for adulthood, taking youth from crisis, and growing them into whole, healed, resilient adults. There is a track for teens, young adults, and young parents, and each focuses on four key components (making up ‘BASE’ in LifeBASE): being (as in, holistic well-being), adult-connection, safe and stable housing, and earning potential.

Sounds good on the surface, but all this ministry can do is replicate in these foster kids the same ole dysfunction that defeats the churches every single moment of every single day...Laodicea.

The world that Christians live in no longer exists.

We live in a WEF created world now. Let's call it the "new normal".

watchman posted on 2023-07-30 16:29:34   Reply   Private Reply