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March: Easter Drive

Meredith Pack, Associate Director of Communications

March 5, 2018

Each month, we host a drive for specific needs within our organization. Aside from our general Wish List, this helps support the efforts of various programs. When the drive changes, we will publish information about the program for that month, along with a list of the most needed items and...read more

February: Duffels of Hope Drive

April Sage, Development & Outreach Coordinator

February 15, 2018

Each month, we host a drive for specific needs within our organization. Aside from our general Wish List, this helps support the efforts of various programs. When the drive changes, we will publish information about the program for that month, along with a list of the most needed items and...read more

CHFS, Home of the Innocents Partner to Provide Transitional Health Care to Foster Youth

Meredith Pack, Associate Director of Communications

January 22, 2018

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 22, 2018) – Gov. Matt Bevin, First Lady Glenna Bevin and leadership of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) and the Home of the Innocents in Louisville today celebrated a new partnership to provide improved transitional behavioral health services to children in foster care. As...read more

Let’s Hear it for Connor!

Rachael Victoria, Marketing Intern

December 6, 2017

We met Connor a few months ago at Open Arms Children’s Health when he had his cochlear implants turned on for the first time. Connor was back in our offices last week for a follow-up appointment, and we caught up with him and his mom, Hope, to see how...read more

Program Spotlight: Therapeutic Loving foster Care

Rachael Victoria, Marketing Intern

November 29, 2017

Home of the Innocents’ Therapeutic Loving foster Care and Adoption program (TLC) partners children with “Teaching Parents” who share their hearts and homes with until the children can return to their parents or are permanently adopted. Knapmeyer, TLC program supervisor, shared some updates on their program, including two recent...read more

100 Day Challenge Final Results

Rachael Victoria, Marketing Intern

November 15, 2017

  Last year, there were 443 young adults in Louisville who were homeless. They spent their days on the streets with no roof over their head, no heat or air conditioning, and no bed to sleep in. Earlier this year, the Coalition for the Homeless partnered with the Aftercare...read more

Make holiday magic for Aftercare!

April Hall, Development & Outreach Coordinator

November 7, 2017

Every year, we host our Holiday Magic program where our kids’ holiday wish lists are matched with wonderful donors from our community. We are able to provide Christmas to over 600 of our kids and families we provide services for every year! This year, we are extending our Holiday...read more

Home of the Innocents Reaches Elizabethtown

Rachael Victoria, Marketing Intern

November 6, 2017

Elizabethtown, Kentucky is home to one of our two satellite offices. This location provides the community with our Therapeutic Loving foster Care and Adoption program (TLC). The office currently serves 14 counties, recruiting and training foster parents with counseling services and classes. Chris Adams, Recruitment, Retention and Training Coordinator, is...read more

Help us make some holiday magic!

Rachael Victoria, Marketing Intern

November 3, 2017

Imagine waking up on Christmas morning to realize that another year has gone by and you don’t get to open presents with your family by the Christmas tree in your own home. This story resonates with the kids at Home of the Innocents. Unfortunately, they do not all get to...read more

Open Arms Children’s Health Reaching the Community

Rachael Victoria, Marketing Intern

October 24, 2017

Sara Denley, Audiologist with Little Ears Hearing Center at Open Arms Children’s Health, teaches lessons about hearing to children in local Louisville schools. She works with elementary school-age children in their classrooms as a part of Little Ears’ Community Outreach. Denley teaches Dangerous Decibels lessons with fourth graders and...read more