City Ministries

Why give to City Ministries?

City Ministries is about serving children and families in our community through our unique model and effective programs. 

• Child Placement Agency- help us license foster families, provide case management, and training.  
• Rose Hill Cottages- help us provide a supportive environment with affordable housing units to licensed foster families. 
• City Kids School- help us provide quality education to young children, equipping them to be lifelong learners.

CITY MINISTRIES CHILD PLACEMENT AGENCY

Our foster care agency is in its 15th year of helping over 100 children in need of an out of home placement. We and DCYF (Division of Children Youth and Families) consider success for children to be able to return home to a healthier, safe family. To that end we have seen most of our children in care return home to their family of origin.   City Ministries Child Placing Agency (CMCPA) has facilitated 7 adoptions with foster parents. There is a concern regarding children remaining in the foster care system too long or returning to care after reunification with their family of origin. CMCPA has a good track record of helping state social workers to move children toward permanency in a timely manner and being there with our foster families should a child need to come back into care for a short period (this has happened 6 times).

CMCPA currently has 15 licensed foster parents and 8 families in the application process. There is a huge need for licensed foster parents that have the knowledge and skills to work with medically complex children as well as children that have endured trauma. The foster care agency works with a very lean, educated professional staff - which we plan to add 1 FTE in Summer 2023 to make a team of 6. This increase will support our goal to double our number of licensed providers to 30, and thereby increasing our capacity of cases we are able to manage.  

https://citymin.org/child-placement-agency/ 

CITY KIDS SCHOOL

City Kids School, founded in 1998, provides individualized education for students two and a half years of age, through Kindergarten. Our teaching staff is committed to excellence and the training of tomorrow’s leaders. The school staff is diverse, and all have educational credentials,  bachelor's degrees, and master's level education. Our smaller class sizes allow for increased student learning, enabling our teachers to provide direct learning to specific children. Our goal is to equip the next generation with the building blocks necessary for their future.

City Kids School - Where play meets learning! 

https://citymin.org/city-kids-school/ 

ROSE HILL COTTAGES

The Rose Hill Cottages consists of 22 homes built for families that want to do foster care to rent at lower than market rates. Living in the cottages provides a managed community with other families who are licensed. The homes were built entirely with private funding. The Aaron Haskins Community Center hosts training, children's activities for foster care program, property management office, and is available for tenants to rent for private events. The neighborhood has a beautiful playground. Future projects include: putting in a vault in 2 remaining drainage areas to create another green area play space, and expanding the community center onto the other area.

https://citymin.org/rose-hill-cottages/