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Dental Care for Single Parent Families

Dr. Amber Garcia has been working with non-profits routinely to extract painful teeth. She will gladly offer this service to members of single parent families, who are in pain and in Katy Cares Programs. Removing teeth will be offered at no cost. She is also willing to offer a discount for any restorative treatment, but the amount would depend on what treatment is needed. About Dr. Amber Garcia She is a Texas native who grew up in San Antonio but has happily called Katy home since 2013. Dr. Amber has been practicing family and cosmetic dentistry in the greater Houston area for over a decade and is excited to provide exceptional dental care for you and your Katy family. Dr. [...]

2022-07-04T11:27:42-05:00May 20, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , |
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Katy Cares Volunteers Come Together to Move Refrigerator/Freezer and Heavy Furniture

Katy Cares depends on the generosity of faithful donors and willing volunteers. This past Friday and Saturday, James Ivey and Wayne Miller of the Anchored Sunday School Class, Second Baptist 1463 Campus, sacrificed their Friday afternoon and evening to begin moving a refrigerator/freezer in to the home of a single mother registered in our Ready Sat Go! Program. They continued moving on Saturday, with the help of Torrey Mosvold and Bryan Williams’s trailer. They went the extra mile to ensure the fridge/freezer was properly installed at the home of the single mother and helped move furniture up to the second floor of Katy Cares offices. Torrey has been involved with Katy Cares the past four years as a donor [...]

2022-05-08T17:25:35-05:00May 5, 2022|Categories: Events|Tags: |
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A Programmatic Response: How Katy Cares Meets the Needs of Single-Parent Families

It’s not just one problem that keeps single-parent families stuck. Often there is a confluence of issues that together prevent a single Mom or Dad from overcoming the financial burden of caring for a family today in our suburban community. Typically, in addition to lacking financial and material resources, they also struggle with spiritual and emotional issues, and also perhaps the psychological resolve to manage their current situation. It is estimated that there are more than 5,000 single mothers and another 8,000 women in a dysfunctional relationship or marriage, in the Greater Katy, Fulshear, and Richmond area alone! Short-term food and housing resources solve part of the problem. The whole problem requires a comprehensive programmatic response. This is where [...]

2022-07-05T11:14:05-05:00November 5, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: |
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Who Is Helped by Katy Cares? Our Community’s Most Vulnerable Families

Every day at Katy Cares we are confronted by real life situations like this: A young mother who has experienced a lifetime of pain at just 25 years old. She has three children to care for, ages 5, 3, and 18 months, and no place to call home. She escaped a dysfunctional marriage with an abusive husband, who wants nothing do with her and their children. She will get very little support from him and must rely on the generosity of non-profits, her family, and friends to take care of her family. It doesn't take long to discover the scars of traumatic abuse and abandonment. Her existence is fragile, and her only concern is how to care for her [...]

2021-12-05T20:18:22-06:00November 5, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: |
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Introducing Grow Through Life Program

Katy Cares introduces Grow Through Life, a four-phase program that offers teens 11 through 15 skills-based personal development with a comprehensive prevention approach. Enrollment is free for families who qualify. Grow Through Life (GTL) Skills Upgrade for Teens is an extension of our Ready, Set, Go! Parenting Program, a therapeutic, mentoring and coaching Program coupled with related support services for single-led families, single mothers and their children, affected by situational homelessness and trauma. The breakup of the formal family structure due to a traumatic and life altering event, such as the passing away of a husband, domestic violence, abuse, separation and/or divorce, financial challenges due to a loss of employment, income and/or child support, and/or a natural disaster, can change [...]

2021-07-21T12:22:46-05:00June 30, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: , |
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Announcing Non-Residential Trauma Informed Therapy Program: Ready, Set, Go!

The Board of Directors of Katy Cares, Inc. announced the launch of its new, non-residential Trauma Informed Therapy Program named Ready, Set, Go! It is an eight-module parenting program for single-parent families that face financial, emotional, and social hardship as a result of unexpected, traumatic and life-changing events. Ready, Set, Go! offers each family practical skills to build and sustain healthy relationships. Participants are guided by a facilitator and have access to an individual therapist in the program. The Ready, Set, Go! Program is free to attend and registration is open in-person or online. “The Board of Katy Cares, Inc. is optimistic about this new non-residential program for single-parent families, in the greater Katy area, who are struggling to sustain [...]

2021-04-07T01:17:26-05:00March 5, 2021|Categories: News|
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Gift Wrapping and Donation Drive Sponsored by Celebrity Title

The business community spontaneously rallied around Katy Cares this season and organized Gift Wrapping and Donation events benefitting single mothers and children. Lisa Kim, Title Consultant at Celebrity Title, located at the Greenhouse exit, I-10 Freeway in Katy, organized the first event on December 17. Celebrity Title invited their clients and associates to a gift wrapping and donation event held on at their office. Lisa and her team provided gift wrapping paper, bows, ribbons, decorations, cards and tape and invited their clients to come and wrap the gifts for their loved ones on-site, and at the same time, donate gifts to Katy Cares. Program Director, Carousel Pieterse, Sand Kristin Dean, Social Services Director, assisted with the wrapping of the gifts. [...]

2021-01-12T22:58:33-06:00January 11, 2021|Categories: Events|Tags: |
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Houston Volunteer Lawyers Offer Legal Aid to Families in Need

A meeting between Katy Cares, Inc. and Houston Volunteer Lawyers (HVL), a non-profit service of the Houston Bar Association, was facilitated by Dr. Jennifer Mizulski (left), an attorney at the Quan Law Group. Barbara "Bobbie" Cochran (right), Staff Attorney, represented HVL and Dr. Dawid J. Pieterse represented Katy Cares. The objective of the meeting was to facilitate legal support services for the single led families, single mothers and children, who are enrolled in the Katy Cares Trauma Informed Therapeutic Program. Houston Volunteer Lawyers is the pro bono legal aid arm of the Houston Bar Association, who is bridging the gap between needs and solutions in Harris County. Founded in 1981, they help thousands of people each year with their most [...]

2020-08-10T22:02:29-05:00August 3, 2020|Categories: News|
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Food It Forward Restaurant Campaign

Katy Cares is participating in the “Food It Forward” Campaign, a win/win program to support both local charities and restaurants endeavoring  to stay open now. During these times of economic uncertainty, we are partnering with local area restaurants that are supporting our community. Your donation, made directly to Katy Cares, will be used to fund the “Food It Forward” program, that will purchase gift cards or prepared meals from these participating restaurants to help feed our Katy Cares community in need. In turn, the participating restaurants will offer discount pricing on food orders. Thank you for your kindness and support by donating to the Food It Forward program. Enter any dollar amount in the Donation Form below. Enter the name [...]

2020-08-10T21:29:03-05:00June 23, 2020|Categories: News|
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COVID-19 Response: Social Distancing Touch

COVID-19 brought about an ever-changing social context and dynamic. Katy Cares believes that social distancing provides a new way to initiate and foster a culture of connection. With greater physical distance between people we are utilizing the opportunity to create connection with purpose. Our Therapeutic Team uses SOCIAL DISTANCING TOUCH to maintain and introduce our support services to more single mothers and their children: Tele-talks with licensed therapists Opportunity to grow in a trauma-informed peer participating parenting group- zoomed in on what matters most Utilizing practical know-how from peer participation to become and build resilience in an ever-changing environment Connect to build a resourceful community [...]

2020-12-04T10:01:04-06:00March 25, 2020|Categories: News|
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