Promoting
Promoting the vision that everyone can have a part in helping foster children in Houston achieve normalcy and permanency.
Entrusted Houston meets the needs of the foster and adopt community to promote restoration for kids, families, and front line workers in Jesus’ name.
Entrusted Houston was born out of a church ministry to help provide support for foster/adoptive families in the Houston area. Over the years it has grown beyond the church activities and is now a 501(c)(3) organization providing support to foster/adoptive families, Child Protective Services (CPS) and biological families across Houston in a variety of capacities. Entrusted Houston intends to continue their current programs and also develop new ones as the needs arise until every child has a permanent home. Entrusted Houston exists to unite, empower and mobilize churches and individuals across greater Houston to support CPS, foster children, biological families, and foster/adoptive families. We will do this by:
Organizing
Organizing regional networks of churches to put on an annual appreciation dinner for CPS workers in Region 6A.
Helping
Helping support foster/adoptive families through providing basic needs
Hosting
Hosting trauma informed care training for anyone caring for children from hard places to help them better understand the children’s needs.
Providing
Helping raise funds to provide new car seats, beds, and sometimes appliances for biological families and foster families.
Building
Building external support for networks from churches and organizations across the city.
Raising
Raising awareness of foster care needs in Houston, specifically Region 6A.
Ensuring
Ensuring church mobilization to support this effort until every child has a home.
Foster/Adoptive Family Support
Entrusted Houston will be providing services to foster families and adoptive families to help ensure placement stability for children. In some cases, Entrusted will provide services in the form of items donated such as clothing, shoes, furniture, new car seats, and school supplies. Entrusted Houston will also host trauma informed training given by professionals specializing in working with children in foster care.
Anchored in Hope Retreat
Rescheduled to 2021 (exact dates TBD)
This year we are partnering again with Anchored in Hope Retreat for foster and adoptive mothers. This is a wonderful opportunity to connect with other moms parenting children from hard places, and to connect with God through fellowship.
For more information about the retreat, visit their website here.
Summer Movie Nights
Be on the look out for Movie Nights this summer!
June 16, 2020, Time TBD, Cypress Cinemark, Movie TBD
July 14, 2020, Time TBD, Cypress Cinemark, Movie TBD
August 11, 2020, Time TBD, Cypress Cinemark, Movie TBD
CPS Support
Entrusted Houston helps CPS obtain items for their clients to help prevent removal of children from loving homes that need basic necessities for their children. Entrusted Houston is also currently helping replace furniture for visitation rooms that are extremely outdated.
Appreciation Dinner
For the past three years, we have hosted a Child Protective Services Appreciation dinner. This is a time where front line workers in the fight for child permanency, gather from around Harris County for a night of fun, food, and encouragement from our ministry and guest speakers. Live music, delicious food, and dessert will be provided. There will also be a chance to win amazing grand prizes.
CPS Christmas Gift Delivery and Party
This year we are collecting gifts for 250 children in CPS care. We willl go as a group to deliver the gifts and host a party for all of the families. While the caregivers pick out gifts for the children, CPS workers and volunteers will have a variety of Christmas activities to do with the children.
To order a gift off our Amazon Smile list, click here. (No need to worry about delievery address, this will deliever the gifts directly to us!)
Moses Closet
The Moses Closet provides needs for families such as foster, adoptive, biological, kinship, and fictive kinship. We are so grateful for our community of Cypress, TX for all of their donations that make this possible.
Volunteer
The Moses Closet is open for volunteering every Tuesday and Thursday from 12pm – 2pm and the 4th Saturday of every month from 12pm – 2pm.
Please check the Moses Closet Cypress page for any changes in hours for holidays or emergencies.