Isaiah's Place

11/23/2025

Be their ultimate hype man!

11/21/2025

From beginning to the end. Just incredibly grateful. 🙏💙

11/20/2025

🥳 The Child Advocacy Center is so thankful for the award from the Miami County Foundation to support our Trauma Focused Mental Health Services for Children! This grant ensures we are able to continue providing specialized mental health treatment, to ALL children in Miami County who need it, regardless of ability to pay and without having to travel outside the county for these services. We’re proud to share that since we’ve offered these services we’ve not had to waitlist any child who needs therapy and this is in part to the ongoing support of our community partners. 🤝

It may have been rainy outside, but the feeling inside Heritage Hall at Lost Creek Reserve was as warm as sunshine! ☀️

Just under $287,000 in grant funding was awarded this morning to our local non-profits, schools and municipalities. As usual, it was an inspiring morning of celebrating real "People Helping People" in Miami County. We'll post a video of the celebration and a list of the 2025 Fall recipients soon! ❤️

11/18/2025

Accountability and Grace can be present at the same time. One does not have to exist without the other. While wanting your children to become accountable and teaching them the value of accountability. Grace can and should also be shown and taught.
From the desk of Kayla Haver MS, LPCC,LICDC
Child Therapist for the Child Advocacy Center at Isaiah’s Place

11/18/2025

Such a nice article on supporting adoption through Isaiah’s Place. Thank you!

By Carly Rose

11/17/2025

11/17/2025

Thank you to the numerous churches who have allowed us to use yard signs as resources for possible foster and adoption. If you are interested in placing a yard sign, let us know!

11/16/2025

In leu of Adoption awareness month, here is our little known fact! So trust that when we say, " We totally understand what you're going through." WE MEAN IT! And because we have lived through it and have seen the good and the bad, we are able to change things for the better from experience.

11/15/2025

Executive Order on Foster Care

Yesterday, the President and First Lady signed the Executive Order Fostering the Future for American Children and Families, outlining new federal coordination to improve the foster care system. Most of this work will be coordinated through the First Lady’s Office, as Melania Trump has chosen foster care as one of her focus areas for this final term.
Under this order, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will be tasked with modernizing the child welfare system, including through regulatory and reporting reductions, improving state and federal data collection and reporting, publishing annual scorecards measuring state performance on select metrics, and more. Additionally, HHS has been directed to attempt to overrule state-level requirements that LGBTQ+ children be placed in settings that affirm their identities. In addition, the order requires HHS to explore how to increase flexibility within the Chafee Educational and Training Voucher program. Other agencies are expected to provide additional support for current and former foster youth, coordinated through the First Lady’s Office.

The other primary element of this executive order is the creation of the First Lady’s Fostering the Future Initiative. This is a proposed public-private partnership where interested employers, institutions of higher education, and non-profits can commit to supporting individuals in or transitioning out of foster care. Several out-of-state universities, including Vanderbilt University and the University of Miami, have already pledged new scholarships to support former foster youth. The White House also plans to publish a website connected to the initiative to help foster youth access and navigate public benefits, including housing, healthcare, mentoring, and more.

DCY to Begin Updating Adoption Rules
The Department of Children and Youth (DCY) has officially shared that work has begun on its planned update to its adoption rules (OAC 5180:2-48). This work will start with a smaller subset of the rules, listed below. DCY is requesting feedback from adoption providers about the current rules to help inform what updates should be made. If your agency provides adoption services, we would encourage you to share any thoughts or feedback with the department using this form by November 24, 2025.
The rules under review are:
5180:2-48-03 | Requirement of "Social and Medical History"
5180:2-48-06 | Assessor roles and responsibilities for foster care and adoption
5180:2-48-08 | Adoption inquiry
5180:2-48-09 | Application process and preservice training
5180:2-48-12.1 | Adoption homestudy updates
5180:2-48-12.2 | Required notification and adoption homestudy amendments
5180:2-48-19 | Sharing or transferring an adoptive homestudy

11/15/2025

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11/14/2025

Every year the Miami County Sheriff's Office Troy, Ohio allows their staff to “sport a beard” in exchange for a $100 donation that will be made to a local non-profit. This November we are honored that they chose the Child Advocacy Center to donate those proceeds to! The Child Advocacy Center works closely with the local police departments who work behind the scenes for any allegations made by any children in surrounding counties. What a fun and creative idea to help support the community all while having a little fun, and growing some facial hair!🧔‍♂️ A huge THANKS to each and every one of you who donated, your support will go directly to serving our most vulnerable child victims in Miami County!

11/12/2025

Congratulations to our awesome foster parent, Sami Hagar! She was presented an award for "2025 Young Woman of the Year" by the Troy Chamber of Commerce. (and we tend to agree!) 🏆

Here is what Sami had to say in response, "Wow! What a big surprise last night at the Troy Ohio Chamber of Commerce awards ceremony where I was recognized as "2025 Young Woman of the Year" I knew my team at .church was good but I didn't know they made me look THAT good! Learning to establish a non-profit in Troy has been a wild ride but none of it would be possible without such an incredibly generous, supportive and kind community. I don't deserve this award. If you know us personally or know Troy Skate Church, you know my husband Jonathan Hagar is the one that deserves all the awards ✝️🛹🙌 We didn't set out to start a nonprofit or even to plant a church- just simply to show the Love of Christ in a tangible way to the most unlikely of recipients. I will forever be in awe of the impact of a simple (not easy- but simple) obedient "Yes"
Our hearts desire is to help create a sustainable future for TSC where leaders will rise up and continue to steward "The Lord's Skatepark."
There are no words to properly thank our team of dear friends who have been with us every step of the way. We will have to rely on rewards in heaven for that. 👑❤️‍🔥