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'I Want to Empty the Foster Care System': Retired Nun Develops Ingenious Community Home to Care for All Ages"It gives me goosebumps when I think about, that I might make a difference in that kid's life and I might be the grandmother they were never able to have. I praise the Lord that I've been chosen to do this and I really feel that way." -Vivian Bordeaux (Tampa, FL) — [CBN News] It takes a village to raise a child—that's the motto at New Life Village in Florida, a unique intergenerational community. Its goal is to reduce the number of children in foster care and provide kids in need with a loving, stable environment. (Screengrab image: via CBN News)
"I want to empty the foster care system," New Life Village founder Claire LeBoeuf told CBN News. "I want to be part of a process, and that's a call from God."
Sister Claire answered that divine call by opening New Life in Tampa, Florida, where there are thousands of children in foster care. Intergenerational Community "I was hoping that an intergenerational community such as this one would be attractive to people who otherwise could not adopt or even foster children out of the foster care system because they didn't have a support system," continued LeBoeuf. The village doors opened in 2012 after a donor provided money to purchase a partially finished Tampa housing development sitting in foreclosure. "These kids have really been through a lot; so, it's like living at a YMCA where we have all these events, we have pool time, and movie night and craft time and tutoring—there's always something going on," says New Life Director Mariah Hayden. Keeping Families Together In addition to providing a supportive community for foster children, Hayden says the community also provides affordable, low-income housing for residents in a city that's short around 50,000 affordable housing homes—a problem that Hayden says is leading to a higher number of children in foster care. And it didn't take long for Antonia to meet Sister Aline. "It's a soft place to land because life can be hard," explained Marquise. "It was just the kind of place that I desired for my kids to live. Not only a place I wanted to bring my kids up, but a place where you serve the Lord with your community, everybody has similar values and stuff—that's what brought me to New Life Village."
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