Children of the Immaculate Heart

Dear Fathers, Brothers, & Sisters in Christ,

As many of you know, we at Children of the Immaculate Heart have been quite busy as we've gotten much closer to reaching our goal of finally opening the Refuge, our home for teenage survivors of sex trafficking! We have been working with women over the age of 18 coming out of "the life" for the past 6 years and we are so happy to be able to serve youth now too. The girls coming to The Refuge will be placed by Child Welfare Services and Probation and will receive educational, residential, and therapeutic services while in our care.

It is a true joy to be at our last step before we officially open and begin receiving our first clients into our Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program licensed by the California Department of Social Services. As you come across this campaign, we've already begun our first week of staff training! Our administrators Grace Williams, Amy Sorensen, Tatiana Rosenborg and our therapist Lyss de la Torre, will be training our new Refuge Staff: teachers, night/day caregivers, and a case manager. Training will establish a professional foundation for the staff to bring spiritual/psychological healing to these girls! We are very proud of the women who have just joined our team to carry out our long-held dream that is now becoming a reality.

These next two weeks will include training and courses in: trauma-informed care, emergency medical assistance, recreational activities, house discipline, and much more! Doubling the size of our staff and training them will total cost CIH $20,000. 

We at Children of the Immaculate Heart are asking for your help in making this final step towards the Refuge opening its doors to victims of sex-trafficking! If you cannot support us financially, then please do so spiritually by your prayers, and please share this campaign with anyone who you believe would like to help!

God Reward You!

The Staff at Children of the Immaculate Heart

Dear Fathers, Brothers, and Sisters in Christ,

We are happy to announce that CIH has a new client who is also a young mother! We are very happy to receive this new (and very sweet) addition to our family. We ask you to please keep her in prayer and your daily Lenten sacrifices.

While we are beyond thrilled to welcome her to our program, during the current crisis with most services and programs shutting their doors amidst the COVID-19 dilemma, she going to find herself seeking to stabilize and and start a new life in a stressful and unstable time. In addition to all of this, she also has her newborn to take care of.

This gofundme is to support our new client in this new but trying time in her life. This will go towards necessities such as rent, food, and baby supplies. We ask you not to give up alms-giving for Lent in spite of the circumstances! Please help support this young mother who is ready to find help, healing, and in her own words "know that God has a plan for my life."

God Reward You!