Christ’s Haven recently released its 2024 Annual Report. This is an annual resource of organizational updates, outcomes, financials, and donor recognition. While also celebrating a 70th anniversary in 2024, Christ’s Haven saw significant program and revenue growth positioning the organization to serve a wider reach of youth and families.

A few of the highlighted outcomes include:

• 80% sibling groups live with all of their siblings. It matters because there is significant benefit to siblings staying together when they are displaced from their biological parents
• 97.5% average school attendance. It matters because students who miss school often due to foster care placement changes or family instability fall behind academically.
• 12% increase of teen Casey Life assessments. It matters because we want to make sure teens are prepared for adulthood, and a research-backed, youth-friendly assessment can inform how we provide support.
• 100% young adults with drivers licenses. It matters because when displaced young adults are couch surfing or exiting foster care without a driver’s license it can create hardships related to housing and employment for years to come.

As we close out April and Child Abuse Prevention Month, we know that the work continues.

Thank you to all of the community partners who helped raise awareness and advocated to prevent child abuse. Each site displayed 91 blue pinwheels in honor of the 91 victims of child abuse each week in Tarrant County.

We hope and pray the numbers are even less next year.

Thank you Just for Grins Family Dentistry and Orthodontics, Keller Public Safety, Texas Health and the Fort Worth Police Department.