Helping Hand Home Blog

November 2017- Kristin Finan Creates Her Forever Family

Kristin Finan, reporter for the Austin Statesman and Helping Hand Home foster parent, adopted her son on November 3, 2017: the day of the 16th annual Austin Adoption Day. We are so blessed to have the Finans as foster parents and advocates of Helping Hand Home....

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October 2017- HHH receives Grande Communications Grant

Grande Communications, the Texas-based broadband communications company, recently presented grants to three local non-profits, Helping Hand Home for Children, United Way Hays/Caldwell Counties, and School Fuel. These donations are part of Grande’s employee...

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October 2017- KXAN Features Foster Mom, Kristin Finan

If you've ever considered fostering a child, check out this interview with Carrying Hope's co-founder and president Kristin Finan as she shares how fostering has positively impacted her family in more ways than she could have ever imagined. "It will change your life,"...

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June- 2017 COA Accreditation

Helping Hand Home for Children has achieved national accreditation through the New York-based Council on Accreditation (COA).  Helping Hand Home for Children provides the following services: residential treatment, foster care, adoption and family support. It took...

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May 2017- Heartbreak and Hope Part Four

If you had told me a year ago this would be my life, there is no way I would have believed it. Enemies turned family. Strangers turned sons. Promises turned reality. Life can be so crazy. And so beautiful. Through it all, I think I’ve learned something. Maybe, for...

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