One Family From Every Church Could End Tennessee’s Foster Care Crisis - Kathleen Janson

Kathleen Janson was the life of the party, but it was all a facade - chasing acceptance through alcohol, drugs, and sex. Then a miraculous thing happened, Jesus met her with love and grace, offering her freedom and a whole new life. Today, Kathleen and her husband are the parents of two children adopted through the foster care system. She is the author of The Gift of Desperation: The True Story of God’s Grace Alive in a Life and the president of The One Child, whose mission is to eradicate the foster care system, one foster family at a time. There are 8,000 foster care children in Tennessee, and only 4,000 foster families stepping up. However, if one family from each of the churches in Tennessee said yes to a child, the foster care system would be eradicated. Kathleen is laser-focused on making this happen through educating and equipping the body of Christ.


TAKEAWAYS

Kathleen’s organization focuses specifically on equipping local churches to get involved with foster care

The One Child’s plan consists of several phases and includes addressing the real problem of kids who age out of the system

Kids who are in the juvenile detention center are there because of past trauma

The solution for helping foster youth? The church


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