Now is the time to hang up stockings, decorate Christmas trees, wrap presents, and welcome in the joy of the season. While we’re all getting ready to celebrate the holidays this December, everyone here at Generational Child Care has something extra special to add to the celebration list: Our 10th anniversary!
That’s right! Our foster care agency is celebrating 10 years of serving foster children and foster families in Georgia. We are so proud and honored to provide our services to the children and families in need of Georgia’s foster care services and to the people who have opened their homes to foster youth in need of shelter, stability, and love.
Our Story – How Generational Child Care Got Its Start
On December 2, 2014, sisters Tanteneya Harpe and Phoresha Horne officially launched Generational Child Care, bringing to life their vision of serving foster families and foster youth in the Middle Georgia area and beyond. Watching their mother, Kimberly Hollis, helping others in need for more than a decade inspired the women to launch Generational Child Care. Ms. Hollis always saw fit to serve beyond the call of duty. In 1998, she opened Generations Adult Day Services, Inc., a home care agency providing quality in-home care and community support to adult individuals with intellectual disabilities.
For years, Harpe and Horne observed the impact that caring for others can have. Guided by their mother’s example of providing genuine care and compassion to others, Harpe and Horne ignited their own spark to do the same, creating and launching Generational Child Care in 2014.
Generational Child Care Through the Years
Generational Child Care is a foster care agency with one primary mission: “To join children to families with love” by providing exceptional care, support, and stability to all those involved with the foster care system, from foster youth to foster parents and others. Generational Child Care strives to make a positive influence in the lives of the children, families, staff, and communities it serves while remaining true to its core values of care, partnership, trustworthiness, and quality.
10 Years of Milestone Moments
Over the past ten years, our foster care agency has achieved numerous accomplishments, including:
- Helping more than 300 foster youth find foster home placements in more than 50 Georgia counties.
- Constructing a 3,000+ square-foot office building (2016).
- Executing two state contracts with the Division of Family and Children Services and the Multi-Agency Alliance of Children.
- Maintaining an A+ average with GA+Score in performance-based placement ratings each quarter.
- Retaining long-serving foster families, including our longest-standing foster home that has been open since 2015.
- Growing by 62.5% over our first 10 years.
Help Generational Child Care Serve Foster Youth and Grow Further
Donations and Charitable Giving
In our season of celebration, Generational Child Care is on a mission to raise funds that will go toward enriching the lives of the foster youth we serve. In this milestone year, we are striving to raise $15,000, which will allow us to achieve two goals:
- Take our foster children on a celebratory trip to Disney World
- Help our older teens aging out of foster care establish some stability in their transition through life scholarships
We are accepting donations of any size and offering sponsorship opportunities starting at $500. To sponsor or donate, call 478-477-1289 to request a sponsorship packet.
Become a Foster Parent
Becoming a foster parent through Generational Child Care is one of the most selfless, rewarding choices you can make for Georgia’s foster children. By opening your home to foster youth in need of shelter and stability, you will be making a significant difference in the lives of the child or children you serve, as well as their biological families and your family as well.
Generational Child Care provides the information, resources, and support you need to become a registered foster family in Georgia. You will never be alone on your journey into foster care; our team is always here to help you help your foster child, every step of the way.
Contact Generational Child Care today to help us celebrate 10 years of serving foster families in Georgia!
Whether you’re interested in donating to our agency, would like more information about becoming a foster parent, or would like to find out more about our agency and other ways to get involved, talk to our team today. We would love to speak with you about fostering in Georgia and ways you can help us serve even more children and families as we work toward another 10 years of service and care.
Visit us online at generationalchildcare.com, email us at info@generationalchildcare.com, stop by our office at 275 Northside Crossing in Macon, GA, or call us at 478-477-1289.
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