Who we are
A safe haven for children who are in need of a home in the state foster system.
S oHome Kids Foundation is an advocate for children and adolescents in the foster system. One primary way we serve kids is through our residential group home that provides a loving environment for boys and girls, ages 0-18. By keeping our criteria open, we can accept a variety of children from different backgrounds including, but not limited to, siblings in care. It is the heartbeat of our foundation to provide a safe, loving home until children and teens find an appropriate placement in a suitable foster home.
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Who we are
A safe haven for children who are in need of a home in the state foster system.
S oHome Kids Foundation is an advocate for children and adolescents in the foster system. One primary way we serve kids is through our residential group home that provides a loving environment for boys and girls, ages 0-18. By keeping our criteria open, we can accept a variety of children from different backgrounds including, but not limited to, siblings in care. It is the heartbeat of our foundation to provide a safe, loving home until children and teens find an appropriate placement in a suitable foster home.
Learn how you can become a hero
Our home exists for three purposes
These select components guide everything we do and provide structural support for our home.
Provide
Provide children and teens the experience of what home truly feels like through sacrificial love, unification, and stability.
Empower
Empower everyone involved from staff to kids to experience what being the hands and feet of Jesus actually looks like.
Unite
Unite the community to solve a problem that is possible to solve. Engage them by raising awareness on this relevant issue.
Heart alone is not enough to fund the work we do. We need your help to make this vision a reality.
It Starts Here…
Why we’re needed
Our first home will be located in the South Eastern region of Kansas in the city of Neodesha. While the need is great throughout the state, this region in particular has a desperate need for our home due to its proximity to larger cities. Currently, children needing immediate placement are being transported an average of 2 hours away to the Wichita and surrounding areas. There are an average of 73 removals of children per month in the Eastern Region alone.
427,000
Kids in foster care in the United States
65
Average number of kid per day in SEK that need placement.
7,000
Kids in foster care in Kansas alone
73
Removals of children from their homes per month in Eastern Kansas
It starts here…
Why we’re needed
427,000
Kids in foster care in the United States
7,000
Kids in foster care in Kansas alone
65
Average number of kid per day in SEK that need placement.
73
Removals of children from their homes per month in Eastern Kansas
How we’re different
At SoHome, we provide children with a unique experience they won’t find anywhere else.
1)
We keep siblings together
Current studies state that over half of children in foster care have one or more siblings in the foster system. In addition, 75 percent of those have been separated from their other siblings. Sibling groups are placed on priority in terms of placement by state agencies at SoHome. We emphasize family and home at our facility and what better way to do this than by keeping sibling groups together.
2)
We facilitate a true “home” environment
We emphasize the importance of home and structure our interaction with the children accordingly. Staff and volunteers present themselves in a way that is like family. This allows us to break down common barriers often found in a residential facility. The staff attire is more casual than a uniform, dinner is eaten together family style in the evenings, children afraid of the dark are given a hand to hold, volunteers are required to give multiple hugs, vacations take place at the appropriate times during the year, and in everyway feasible we make sure our house feels like a home.
How we’re different
At SoHome, we provide children with a unique experience they won’t find anywhere else.
1)
We keep siblings together
Current studies state that over half of children in foster care have one or more siblings in the foster system. In addition, 75 percent of those have been separated from their other siblings. Sibling groups are placed on priority in terms of placement by state agencies at SoHome. We emphasize family and home at our facility and what better way to do this than by keeping sibling groups together.
2)
We facilitate a true “home” environment
We emphasize the importance of home and structure our interaction with the children accordingly. Staff and volunteers present themselves in a way that is like family. This allows us to break down common barriers often found in a residential facility. The staff attire is more casual than a uniform, dinner is eaten together family style in the evenings, children afraid of the dark are given a hand to hold, volunteers are required to give multiple hugs, vacations take place at the appropriate times during the year, and in everyway feasible we make sure our house feels like a home.
Help put broken families back together again.
Take Action
There are 3 ways you can get involved
Join our team
If you care deeply about children and have the desire to help them thrive and flourish, we need you. Download an application with the button below and send completed to makeadifference@jmr.hbq.mybluehost.me.
Volunteer your time
One positive adult relationship is sometimes all it takes for a child to become successful. Learn about the many ways you can volunteer and begin making a positive impact. Click the button below to fill out the volunteer application.
Volunteer your time
One positive adult relationship is sometimes all it takes for a child to become successful. Learn about the many ways you can volunteer and begin making a positive impact. Click the button below to fill out the volunteer application.
Donate to the cause
Your tax-deductible donation will help place broken families back together again, and will allow a child to experience what it feels like to have a loving home.
Is there room in your heart for a child in need?
Your gift can help change a child’s life forever
Is there room in your heart for a child in need?
Your gift can help change a child’s life forever
Join us today in our effort to bring and keep more families together.