Ashley Beller, director of The Call in Sharp and Independence Counties
The Call in Sharp and Independence Counties has acquired a new property to serve as a community support center. The organization is a Christian non-profit dedicated to recruiting, training, and supporting foster families to address the critical shortage of local placements. Currently, nearly 80% of local foster children are placed outside their home counties because there are only 11 traditional foster homes available for approximately 80 children in care.
Ashley Beller, director of The Call, recently visited with White River Now’s Chad Whiteaker about how The Call helps children in the foster system and a new base of operations for the organization. Listen to their conversation below.
The new facility will feature a “Call Mall” to provide a home-like environment for supervised biological family visits to aid reunification. Operating without state or federal funding, The Call relies entirely on local donations and volunteers. For more information about the organization or to learn how to apply to be a foster family, visit The Call’s Facebook page by clicking here.
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