KARA researches and posts resources for at-risk children and families on our database here

How to Make It Work:

  • Navigate the page by category tags such as mental health, education, food, report child abuse, and legal.
  • The page offers clear contact information, eligibility criteria, and guidance on accessing services.
  • Use search and filter functions to quickly find relevant providers.
  • For complex needs, reach out to family navigators or community hubs listed on the page for personalized assistance. Many of these organizations are national.

 

KARA’s resource page is an organic tool provided by KARA volunteers as a comprehensive guide connecting at-risk children and families with a wide range of local and national providers addressing diverse personal and social needs. It is designed to be a centralized hub where users can find and share emergency support, basic needs assistance, health and wellness services, child development programs, legal aid, and more. Become a partner on this page by sharing resources you have found to be helpful by submitting the name, link, and a one sentence description of the resource included to hello@invisiblechildren.org with RESOURCES PAGE in the subject line. Please alert KARA to any links that did not work so we may remove them from the list.

 

This page is currently being reconfigured into an interactive AI driven information and solutions interactive platform but will remain live as it is during the process.

If it is not measured, it didn’t happen.  If it didn’t happen, it’s not a problem.  If it’s not a problem, there is no need for resources or solutions. The lack of transparency, tracking and accountability for things happening to America’s at-risk children has stalled or stopped the evolution of necessary resources for at risk children and their families. At this time of government budget cuts, troubled children and families will be the ones to suffer most.

 

In many ways, child protection in America is still evolving out of orphan trains. Decades of statistics indicate that the resources to end abuse and heal children just aren’t sufficient to meet the needs.  KARA thinks the politics of the day are driving us backwards. Foster care (especially group homes) see too much physical and sexual abuse, severe neglect, financial exploitation and failure to report critical incidents (up to 99% of serious injuries or incidents are not reported to authorities as required allowing the abuse to continue).

 

Understaffing and poor training (podcast), overmedication of traumatized youth with children remaining in group homes far longer than recommended (driven by a profit motive). Youth in group homes have higher rates of arrest, lower graduation rates and more difficulty forming healthy relationships compared to children placed in foster care (podcast). 80% of children and youth aging out of foster care go on to live dysfunctional lives. Many die young.

KARA is an all-volunteer organization and is always seeking volunteer and financial help for our projects. Please Consider a small donation to help us make this project happen in a timely fashion and also volunteering if you like working on projects like this.