Varner Foundation for Children & Families

DECISIONS ... DECISIONS .....RENT? UTILITIES? CLOTHES? FOOD? GAS FOR DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS?
It can be weeks, and sometimes months for foster parents to get their promised financial stipends once they starting caring for their foster child(ren).
While the system is designed to pay out within a few weeks, administrative issues can push payment out for weeks which can become a hugh and heavy burden on the caregiver especially when your foster child(ren) arrives with nothing and has some huge needs.

This was the case recently for a single foster mom who agreed to take in a sibling group, almost two months ago and who arrived with only one green garbage bag holding their few belongings that represent their whole world.
Thanks to our VF donors, we were able to meet the most immediate and pressing needs to help stablize a dire situation. Want to help children who come to foster care with almost nothing and no one?
Please donate at Varnerfoundation.org

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"FOSTER CARE MAKES CHILDREN PAY FOR THEIR PARENTS PROBLEMS."
A few weeks ago I heard a young woman at a conference say, “Foster care makes children pay for their parents problems.” I can't stop thinking about that comment.
Most kids don’t enter foster care because of something they did. They enter because of something done to them. Something completely outside of their control.
Yet they are the ones that are expected to somehow adapt, heal, thrive and behave while they have often been separated from their siblings, friends, culture and friends.
These kids have so much to overcome and this is why when they have a critical need that no church, other nonprofit or government agency can meet, the VF steps in and makes it happen. And it's all because of the donors who want to directly touch the lives of the kids who are carrying the burdens of their parents problems!
Thank you donors, we will never be able to thank you enough! ❤️
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“Now what?” said the exhausted voice of an older woman at Goodwill in front of me in the checkout line. After a few words with her, I realized she was a new kinship grandma with three small grandchildren, and she needed a crib asap but there wasn’t one and buying new just wasn’t an option. Thankfully, I was able to give her information about a resource that could help her and one that is a VF Trusted Partner.
Many kindship caregivers of infants are facing a new challenge in 2025 … secondhand cribs, crib mattresses, playpens and other baby furniture are not being given away/ sold in Goodwill and most other charities anymore due to safety concerns and new regulatory changes.
For months, the VF has been helping with purchasing beds for a ton of kids and now the shortage and need has impacted the littlest of little ones removed from their abusive homes and placed with relatives. The VF donors are making such a difference in the lives of kids and those that have stepped up to care for them. Thank you! Please LIKE -SHARE -FOLLOW . They kids and families need your voice!
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“She didn’t talk to us for the first 4 days. She did what we asked, ate what we offered her, never smiled, or cried, but watched everything and everyone like a hawk. We were her 2nd foster home in this 5-year-old’s life and it was clear that she trusted no one or nothing.
All that changed after her brand-new bed and bedding was delivered. She stood in the bedroom, she shared with our daughter, as we set up the bed with the pink and green floral bedding. When we were done and able to get her to understand that this was her bed, she slowly climbed onto the bed and smiled.
That bed turned everything around. Her social worker later told us that apparently this was her very first real bed and somewhere in that little frightened brain of hers the new bed gave her the message that she was wanted.
Thank you, Varner Foundation, for the gift of not only the bed and bedding but the key that unlocked so much for our family.” WIN! Thank you donors!
Please Like, Share and Follow so the VF can continue to get the funds to impact fostered kids and their families. We don’t take even a single grant dollar for granted, ever!
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