Welcome to Ark of Hope For Children

Through a variety of programs at Ark of Hope For Children it is our goal to provide the most comprehensive, loving, faith based programs of care for domestic orphans living in foster care within the U.S. Most of the children within our care have faced serious physical or sexual abuse or extreme neglect.Ark of Hope For Children will provide homes of hope for orphans and previously abused or neglected children and youth living in U.S. foster care. We are a nonprofit 501c3 organization that will bring foster children and domestic orphans stability, unconditional loving care and real hope for a bright and positive future!

Our goals are to keep siblings together while in foster care; provide focused tutoring and mentoring support; stop children bouncing from home to home and equip our youth with our "Transitions" life skills training. All of these and more will truly prepare these at risk children and youth for successful adulthood. Arm in arm with you and one child at a time, we can all leave a legacy of hope for orphaned children and youth living in foster care. Join Ark of Hope For Children as "we break the chains of past abuse and lead each child into lives filled with faith, hope and love".

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Blair Corbett - Executive Director

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May is national Foster Care Awareness Month

Ark of Hope For Children has been busy bringing awareness both on screen and behind the scenes. On May 1, 2009 Blair Corbett fosterparentlogo_200w kicked off our awareness campaign with an appearance on WATC-TV 57's Atlanta Live television program. Atlanta Live airs 5 days a week on networks all over the U.S. We also plan our second annual Foster Care Prayer Vigil. Blair will be ordained in Fort Lauderdale in June and appear on two more television stations to promote Ark of Hope's H2O-Hope To Orphans programs. Under these programs individuals will be able to take classes to adopt or provide foster care within their own home under Ark of Hope's Christian umbrella.

Funds are always needed, so we created the following fund raising widget using a customized campaign on Change.org. Anyone can donate online using the widget! The cool part is that you can copy the code for this widget to their own sites and/or emails. Just click the share button on the bottom of the widget. So lets all pitch in during may to show our support for orphans, abused and neglected children & youth.

Hope To Orphans programs - "Arkflash"

H²O Foster Care;

Through our “H2O - Hope To Orphans” program we will license families to care for foster children in their current homes under the adult_and_childs_hands_2 Ark of Hope For Children umbrella of care. Parents will be licensed through our inter-denominational Christian church programs which will be held in strategic locations through our district in North Central Florida.

H²O Adoption;

For residents that become available for adoption, Ark of Hope’s Hope To Orphans program will work hard to find them a happy and love filled home. This will include encouraging their current H2O parents to adopt them. Our H2O Adoption program plans to devote a portion of our website to assist in adoption of children from Ark of Hope For Children programs and from around our district.

Click here to read more about our H²O Foster Care or adoption programs

Eagles Nest Sibling Campus - "Arkflash"

30% or less of siblings get to stay together upon entering foster care due to a lack of bed space to keep them together. Once separated they are rarely brought back together, even in adoption. This separation can damage or destroy the strongest relational bond these children have. Ark of Hope For Children recognizes that the sibling bond must be respected and every effort taken to keep them together.

Ark of Hope For Children has been purchasing a large property in High Springs, Florida that will become our “Eagles Nest” community allowing siblings to live together while living in domestic orphan care.

Click here to read more about our "Eagles Nest" Sibling Care Campus

Wings Transitional Homes - 'ArkfFlash"

Ark of Hope For Children’s “Wings” transitional living homes will be special living facilities designed for youth 18 to 23 years old that have “graduated” from Ark of Hope For Children’s other domestic orphan care facilities. These specialized homes will provide them the opportunity to more gradually spread their wings and smooth the transition to successful adult living. Ark of Hope “Wings” program will provide in-house “Life Coaches” as guides and mentors for the young adults in our care. Separate homes will be provided for young men and young women.

We will provide ongoing independent living skills in personal and group settings,

Click here to read more about our Wings Transitional Living Homes

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50 Files Music Video - "Arkflash"

Country music star and national recording artist Wayne Warner is producing his second project to benefit foster and adoptable children. Set for release in early 2009 Wayne’s Project “50 Files” project focuses on plight of the 510,000 foster children in the U.S. that see themselves as little more than a name on a file. The title song “50 Files” will highlight one foster child that is available for adoption from each of the 50 states. Roughly 120,000 children await adoption from foster care in the U.S. every day. The compilation album will feature songs from many of your favorite recording artists that have been touched by foster care/adoption or have played a role in its advocacy. The project is a follow up to Wayne’s highly successful “God Bless the Children” song and video which was released in 2006 and benefited The Dave Thomas Foundation for U.S. adoption. alt

The “Melodical Hearts Foundation” is Wayne Warner’s nonprofit organization that uses star studded musical talent to bring hope and awareness to foster and adoptable children. Melodical Hearts is spear heading the enormous “50 Files” project which will include at last 7 music videos along with 11 songs on the accompanying CD. The title song on “50 Files” is a beautiful ballad which personifies the importance of this mission by having one child from each state serve as a representative for the cause. Each song focuses on U.S. domestic orphans and are sung by many powerhouses in the U.S. recording industry including Taylor Swift, Dolly Parton, Steven Curtis Chapman, >>Read more

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