Answers to some of your most asked questions

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Moms Adopting Moms is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children in the foster care system, their biological families and their foster parents by cultivating a peer mentoring relationship  between the moms that will help them through reunification and beyond.

Moms Adopting Moms is still awaiting their determination letter for their 501c3 status and although donations can e retroactive from when they applied or incorporated, they would prefer you hold off on sending in a donation if you need a tax deductible receipt. 

If you don't need the tax deduction or take the standard deduction on your taxes instead of itemizing,  then you can help us right now by donating by check and sending to:

Moms Adopting Moms

288 Rhodes Drive

Athens, GA 30606

Please note on your check if you would like to specify what the funds should be used for or whether your gift is for our general fund. Alternatively you can contact momsadoptingmoms@gmail.com for Venmo @MaryRathbone or Zelle Details.

Moms Adopting Moms will offer a variety of services through a program we are calling "e"Mom.  It is our aim to:

"e"stablish our business, determine our goals, mission, vision , business type and plan and regularly review our activities to make sure they align with the work we set out to accomplish (ongoing)

"e"mploy a terrific staff who are focused on serving children in need, their biological mothers and their foster moms.  This includes recruiting a group of the most fantastic, motivated, intelligent and experienced volunteers around to serve on our board of directors and help oversee all operations. We eventually hope to hire multiple bio mom peer mentors and have several lawyers on retainer to represent our bio moms in court and through the TPO/divorce process as well as those that handle all our appeals. Moms Adopting Moms is currently seeking interns, volunteers and also potential bio mom peer mentors to start.  Please contact us for more information. 

"e"ngage with supporters, churches, other non-profits, the Department of Family and Child Services, Court Appointed Special Advocates,  Family Preservation Teams, Government Entities at local, state and federal levels - we have begun to partner with multiple organizations in region 5, Clarke, Oconee and Jackson counties including but not limited to DFCS, Children's First CASA, The Five Hive, the Athens Chamber of Commerce, Reboot Jackson, Freedom from Bondage, the Ark Recovery center, Chosen for Life, Nations Church and many others.  Contact us or fill out our partner request form to find out more).

"e"mpathize with bio moms with kids in care and foster moms who look after their kiddos.  We've been there and through peer mentor relationships we will make sure every bio mom and foster mom knows that!  (Our founder is a former foster mom, our co-founder is a former bio mom whose kids were in care.  We get you and the struggles you face).

"e"ncourage and love on, assist, help and recognize achievements and the details of our ladies lives including birthday's, anniversaries, recovery milestones and more (We have started monthly peer mentor zoom foster mom mentor meetings, we have quarterly bio mom pizza dinners, we have helped raise money for rent, drug tests, Christmas presents, groceries, diapers, clothes and much more.  We continue to encourage, support, assist and provide advice for moms and dads via our FB group page located here: www.facebook.com/groups/momsadoptingmoms 

"e"ducate each client we work with on resources available to them by leveraging technology to search, analyze, catalogue, clean and surface the results through an easily accessible User Experience.  Add Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning to lower the cost of human curation of the data. (We have volunteers from Microsoft working on our Journey Home App which will surface these results.  We also have begun discussions with partner schools and colleges in our area to provide education services and job training as necessary to all moms).

"e"quip women to work with partner organizations to get what is needed to whom needs it and when they need it.  This covers everything from food pantries to clothes closets to medical assistance, beds and vehicles. (Our FB group regularly posts updates on assistance available to moms in the local area.  This will eventually all be located as well through the Journey Home app).

"e"mpower women to not be afraid to go after their dream career.  Train and coach them to achieve their goals and succeed in their chosen field. (We meet with each bio mom to discuss their career goals, their dream jobs and the steps it will take to achieve these positions.  Each month will have a custom plan in place to get her from where she is now to where she wants to be through the Journey Home app). Assist men in learning new trades and at the same time mentor and encourage them through the purchase and fix-up of cheap cars that can be restored and sold to the bio family in need.

"e"nrich womens lives by teaching them how to budget and spend wisely, save and get out of debt.  Give them experiences they may have never taken part in before to learn new things and to discover a different part of the world than what they are used to. This could involve gardening or music, art or theater, learning a new language or skill or taking a trip to another culture to volunteer. (Finance classes are being offered twice yearly starting in May 2024 that run for three consecutive months.  Any mom requesting services or referred to us will be required to take these three finance classes). There are cash incentives for the first ten women that sign up for the class that can be used toward application fees for housing.

"e"nergize women to pursue strong physical and mental health for themselves and their children.  Ensure doctor and dentist visits are scheduled and followed up on, mental health and counseling needs are not ignored but embraced. (Peer mentors and foster mom mentors will be trained to educate, encourage and hold accountable all bio moms in our program to ensure these basic needs are met for each mom and their children).

"e"vangelize our work to as many people as possible, in as many locations as possible as quickly as possible and by so doing put an end to the foster care crisis and the broken foster care system. (Ongoing)