Program areas at Orphan Care Ministries of Hopes
Adoption services, family counseling and support: Hope's Promise is a christian, non-profit child placement agency, licensed by the state of Colorado and accredited by the council on accreditation. Through our adoption program, Hope's Promise offers services which include intercountry adoption, domestic adoption, pregnancy counseling, and post adoption support groups. In 2022, we counseld 53 expectant parents about their pregnancy options, approved 21 home studies for potential adoptive families, and placed 17 children for adoption. We also provided adoption education and training to 61 professionals in the Colorado community. Our goals for 2023 include developing our Care fund program so that we can continue to provide financial support to women experiencing unintended pregnancy, even if they do not choose adoption and expanding our partnerships with out-of-state placing agencies.
Foster Care: children living in Colorado need safe and stable homes. Often biological families need love, support, and nurturing. Hope's Promise foster Care program provides an opportunity to invest in the stability and permanency of Colorado families by supporting reunification efforts for youth in foster Care. In 2022, we certified 3 new foster families and recertified 3 foster families. A total of 8 youth were served through our foster Care program. Our goals for 2023 include certifying and training at least 6 more foster families and expanding relationships with the county department of human services.
Orphan Care provides christian humanitarian aid for fatherless and orphaned children throughout the world: beleiving god designed families as the best place to nurture children to thrive and be empowered, we place and support orphaned and vulnerable children in the holistic Care of biologocial relatives when possible and with non-relative caregivers when needed. In 2022, we cared for 56 orphaned children in non-relative based Care families in kenya, nepal, and vietnam. We added sixty children to our family preservation program in vietnam, serving a total of 180 children. We cared for 66 orphaned and vulnerable children in relative based families in kenya and zimbabwe, adding eighteen children to our program in kenya. We created one virtual experience "trip" to kenya for a total of 22 people.