Some members of the Lily Initiative lead team at a recent promotional event. From left to right, Sam Hapip, Annika Hapip, Dana Fleck, Sierra Guches, Leslie Pearcy, and Kaari Landblom. Photo provided by Annika Hapip.
Two rooms in Traill County Courthouse serve as emergency space for children removed from families before being placed in foster care, demonstrating the acute need for new foster families in some parts of the state. Photo by Michael Standaert.
About half of all foster parents in the nation quit after a year, and only about a quarter make it past a second.
“I would say that’s a huge problem,” said Annika Hapip, who felt her church needed to act. “You have a lot of kiddos who are in the foster care system, and they’re waiting to be placed in a home, and foster families are stretched.”
Hapip’s solution,...
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