Manuelito Navajo Children's Home had a very blessed 2008. We are growing, and were blessed with the addition of two children to our residential group care program in 2008. We also welcomed a new single mother and her two small boys. We have much room for continued growth. With the proper resources, we could ultimately house 24 children in our residential care program, and 2 or 3 single mothers with children.
Can you help us work toward this goal? There are many children on the Navajo reservation in need of a good home. Can you help us open our doors to them?
Our greatest need, at the moment, is a third couple to serve as house-parents.
We are presently operating two cottages, with the Roehrs (6 children) and Atchisons (2 children) as houseparents. State requirements mandate that each couple receive an off-duty week per month. This means we must place all 8 children in the care of one couple or the other at least two weeks a month. Each cottage is licensed to provide care to a maximum of 8 children at a time. So, you can see, we are technically at the maximum in terms of present staffing and the number of children who can live on campus. To extend beyond this, we need to hire a couple who can serve as relief house-parents for both cottages, allowing us to house up to 16 children, 8 per cottage.
Can you help secure the funding necessary to hire a relief house-parenting couple? If you can help, please send your contribution to Manuelito Navajo Children's Home; P.O. Box 58; Gallup, NM 87305. Thank you for your compassion for children in need.
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