The following article was in the April Monthly Messenger, published by Potter Children’s Home. According to the latest U. S Department of Health and Human Service data (Child Maltreatment 2009), approximately 702,000 children were found to be victims of substantiated abuse and neglect. An average of more than four children die every day as a[.....]

HELP JAPAN By now, you’ve likely seen reports of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that has killed thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands in Japan. As the death toll continues to rise, it is evident that the survivors need urgent care and support to recover from this disaster. CRF is responding to the immediate need[.....]

NEW Data on Child Poverty CDF just released The State of America’s Children 2010, a compilation of the most recent and reliable national and state-by-state data on key child indicators, including child poverty. The Child Poverty section of the report includes state data on the number and percentage of children living in poverty and extreme[.....]

Monday morning will be the first day of Adoption Awareness Month! We’d like to ask each of you to take on the challenge of praying for the children who are waiting to be adopted, the parents seeking them, and the families that have already been formed through adoption. THANK YOU!

CRF would like to encourage your church or group to stand for the orphan on Orphan Sunday, November 7th. November is National Adoption Month and many churches will be taking the opportunity to remember orphans in their services. On Orphan Sunday, churches and gatherings around the world will be standing together with a single goal:[.....]

Ever wonder how you could help foster children and orphans? Here are a few suggestions..   Agape Coin Cans: It’s time to return your Agape Coin Can! If your can is not full, that’s alright…just tuck a check or some dollar bills in the can to get the total up! Please return your can to[.....]

Christian Services of Oklahoma hosted its inaugural Tot Trot 5K Run and 1-Mile Walk on May 7. Held at Mitch Park in Edmond, the event helped raise funds to support adoption, foster care and maternity home programs. “Our agency continues to grow and serve more children and families,” said executive director Holly Towers. “This new[.....]

National Day of Prayer Dear God of the fatherless, the one who hears all cries, who sees all suffering, whose heart fills the entire world. We bow before you. From one end of the land to the other, we come to you in prayer believing in you. We confess that we believe you are the[.....]

May 6, 2010 is the National Day of Prayer

  National Resource Center for Permanency & Family Conncetions Foster Care Fact Sheets The NRCPFC prepared fact sheets about foster care for the National Foster Care Month campaign. For each state and the District of Columbia, you can find the following information: Number of children in foster care Average age and number of children in[.....]