5/15/2023 0 Comments Christmas eve crisisThey became inspired, and wanted badly to bring this model home to Central Florida. They have an intimate knowledge of the struggles foster parents face, and they have a unique gifting as leaders to inject some hope into this local crisis.īefore starting C127, Betsey and Rechaud researched and saw that Promise 686, another non-profit out of Atlanta, GA, had a Family Advocacy Ministry (FAM) model with a successful track record. Then, they had another little guy through birth, and soon after welcomed their next oldest daughter when she was 18. With three little ones at home, they welcomed their oldest daughter into the family when she was 15. After 17 years of marriage, Betsey and Rechaud have grown their family to six children after beginning their personal journey of foster care in 2013. Not only that, they’ve been foster parents themselves. As a part-time missionary through CRU, Rechaud used to lead an outreach ministry at the RDV Sportsplex, connecting men with each other and with the Lord. During Betsey’s leadership, the organization grew every year–from educational and enrichment support of 100 children per year to a more holistic approach supporting more than 1000 local children. The founders of C127, Rechaud and Betsey Bell, are ministry all-stars! Before starting their non-profit, Betsey served as the Executive Director of the Foundation for Foster Children. That’s why we want to take our support of this great organization a step further this year by making them the recipient of our annual Christmas Eve Offering. We’ve seen the fruit of their work first hand, and we believe they can do the same for other churches in our area. They helped us set up our own Family Advocacy Ministry, and we’ve only just begun to hear the stories of how our support teams are helping foster families in and around Summit. There have been significant increases in reports of domestic violence (up 92%) and medical neglect (up 500%) in the past year, and many of these children came to the foster care system due to substance abuse of a parent, inadequate supervision, or physical abuse.Ĭommission 127 is a non-profit organization aimed at equipping churches to support foster, adoptive, and biological families in crisis. There are 402 sibling groups in care, and 41% of siblings are split up, sent out of county or placed in separate homes. An all-time low of 36% are placed with a relative, 50% are placed in foster homes, and 9% in group homes. Here in Central Florida, there’s been a sad reality lingering just outside our periphery, a full-blown crisis that most people aren’t even yet aware of…Ĭurrently, in the greater Orlando area, there are 1,694 children, 4 to 12 years old, in foster care.
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