Lauri Currier
Executive Director
The CALL
No waiting children – that’s what we are working toward! Whether temporary or permanent, the 7,000 children who spend time in care every year deserve a safe home where they can heal and grow and experience unconditional love. This is exactly what God did for each of us!
I am amazed by the incredible energy and commitment of the hundreds of foster and adoptive families mobilized by The CALL statewide. Foster families minister to hurting children and their biological families - helping to heal and reunify! Adoptive families take on the radical job of parenting children suffering from the effects of abuse and neglect. Many families have told me that this is the hardest job you will ever love – and that the blessings they receive far outweigh any sacrifices.
Volunteers bring local CALL affiliates to life, mobilize local churches, recruit and train families, and support them as they invest in the lives of children. Did I mention that these amazing people are volunteers? They are enthusiastic, positive, motivated, industrious, resourceful, and inspiring! I cannot say often enough how much I appreciate the dedication of every person it takes to make The CALL run statewide. You are the heart and soul of The CALL.
To our partners at the Arkansas Division of Children and Family Services - thank you for helping grow this unique relationship between a faith-based initiative and a government agency. It is so exciting to be involved in cutting edge work in the field of child welfare. Our challenge is to continue to develop this unique collaboration so that we can share our model with other agencies and initiatives, so children around the nation will have homes.
When God gives a vision, he also provides! Certainly, the work of The CALL would not possible without our donors. You are finding homes for kids. With your help we will reach that day when there will be no waiting children in Arkansas foster care – instead there will be Christian foster and adoptive families waiting to take them in. What a glorious day that will be!
Until no child is waiting,
God bless you!
Executive Director
Cecile Blucker
Director
Division of Children and Family Services
Department of Human Services
Partnering with The CALL for the last 5 years has really helped DCFS recruit quality foster homes to help us meet the placement needs of the children we serve.
During State Fiscal Year 2012, we served 7,759 children in foster care and today we have 3,803 children in care. With the recruitment efforts of The CALL, we have more homes available to take care of those children who had to be removed from their home. When we talk with the children who come into care they tell us they want to be placed in a home setting — one with a mom, dad, brothers, sisters, etc. With The CALL recruiting homes in counties so children can be placed in their home county, allows children to remain in their local communities, allows them to be able to attend school and keep their relationships with relatives and friends.
It is not enough for us to just provide a "safe place" for the children we serve — we need to address all of the issues children have. It is traumatic for children to be removed from everything he or she has known regardless if they have been abused or neglected.
Even with the recruitment efforts of The CALL, we only have 1,152 foster homes available to the children we serve annually. DCFS looks forward to continuing and expanding our partnership with The CALL in the recruitment of more homes. I can remember when The CALL was only in 1 county — now The CALL is in 25 counties. One of the keys to our successful partnership is we want the same for the children — we want them to be loved, cared for and nurtured — we want them loved as if they were our own.
As I have said numerous times, WE are making a difference in the lives of the children we serve and we will continue to do so. With each passing day, we will get better at it!
We appreciate The CALL and we appreciate the love they show to the children they serve.
Individual $235,233
Churches $54,030
Corporations $97,927
Foundations $35,900
Events $15,987
Other $9,994
Administrative $7,938
Program Support $369,038
Project: New Video $5,000
Projected Staff Needs $55,800
Increase In Net Assets $11,295
Arkansas Prairie Youth Fellowship
Centennial Fellowship Church
Central Christian Church
Central Church of Christ
Christ the King Catholic Church
Christian Life Cathedral
Cornerstone Bible Fellowship
Damascus United Methodist Church
Eastside Baptist Church
Family Church, Inc.
Fellowship Bible Church
Fellowship North
First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church Maumelle
First Christian Church
First United Methodist Church
Geyer Springs First Baptist Church
Grace Baptist Church
Immanuel Baptist Church (Pulaski)
Immanuel Baptist Church (VanBuren)
Indian Springs Baptist Church
Landmark Missionary Baptist Church
Main Line Full Gospel Church
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church WMA
Mt. Zion General Baptist Church
New Life Fellowship
Newsong Church Assembly of God
Outreach Center Church
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church (VanBuren)
Pleasant Valley Church of Christ
Pretty in Pink Proverbs 16-3
Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church
Scotland Baptist Church
Southside Baptist Church
St. Francis Episcopal Church
St. Mark Baptist Church
The Ark
The Church at Rock Creek
The Grove Church
The Meeting Place Ministries
The River Bible Church
Trinity Baptist Church
Trinity Episcopal Church
Wood Street Assembly of God
Arkansas Community Foundation
Bailey Foundation
TCH Brinkley Foundation
The Robert C Englin Foundation
The Wal-Mart Foundation
Windgate Charitable Foundation
ABC Financial Services, Inc.
AmediStaf, LLC
Arkansas Arts Council
Arvest Bank (Benton/Washington)
Bound by Nature
C & K Management, LLC
CEC Entertainment
CenterPoint Energy Service Co., LLC
Chapter BN P.E.O Sisterhood
Chick-fil-A (Benton)
Chico's Retail Services, Inc.
County of Van Buren
Crye Leike Brock Real Estate
Curran's Abstract & Title Company
Datek Inc.
David L. Ouellette, DDS PA
Dust Bunny Clean, Inc.
Fairfield Federal Credit Union
First Arkansas Bank & Trust
Frost Oil Company
Grayson & Grayson, PA
Green Dental Laboratories
Heart of Arkansas United Way
Heber Springs Sonic Drive In
Holiday Inn Express
Jimmy Hudspeth Architect, PA
June Painter Heber Theatre
Nesco, Inc.
Northwest Arkansas Naturals
ORE
Pine Bluff National Bank
Shelton's Jewelry & Gift Gallery
Simmons First National Bank
Southern Bank
Stuttgart Kiwanis Club
The Jeweler's Touch
Wayne Smith Trucking
Wear & Share, Inc.
Webb Pathology LLC
Kyle & Robyn Allmendinger
Mo & Debbie Amani
Chad Ambeau
Joel & Ann Anderson
Robert & Martha Anglin
Peter & Kathryn Austin
Elizabeth Aymond
Glenn & Betty Babb
Brian & Wendy Badgwell
Aaron & Holli Bagwell
Drew & Tiffany Baker
Lloyd & Sharon Baker
Mary Helen Baker
William & Ellen Bankston
Claude M. Barnard
Pierce & Ruth Barnett
Kevin & Christine Barnhart
Monica L. Bates
John & Melissa Baxter
Margaret R. Beam
Ricky & Leslie Beatty
Freddy & Sharyon Beck
Brian Beijen
Bobbye Bennett
John & Ellen Bertolacci
James & Jennifer Bigl
Charles & Stacey Bingham
Kaye Birkhead
Marlys Amanda Bitner
Aaron & Karen Black
Kurt & Carrie Blankenship
Sandra J. Blount
Konroy Boeckel
Anthony & Cathy Bornhoft
Boyd & Camie Boshears
Joshua & Lindsey Brackett
Carrol & Jody Bradford
Heath & Andrea Bradley
Sherri Bradley
Douglas & Camille Braswell
James A. & Niki Brenton
T. Allen & Vicki Bridges
Keith & Terry Broach
Brenda Brooks
Shannon Brooks
John E. Brown, III
Adam & Holly Brown
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Thomas (Monty) Bruce
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