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Rainbow Room
The Rainbow Room is an emergency resource room available to caseworkers 24/7 for Child Protective Services and foster children of any age in need. The Rainbow Room provides all the essentials such as hygiene items, diapers, formula, blankets, pack and plays for safe sleep, toys for comfort, clothing and much more.
Blackshear Heights Family
Blackshear Heights Family is a non-profit organization that aims to help struggling families in need. On their website it says we believe that togetherness is key to any community's success. This non-profit does everything from giving baskets of hope, spending time in the elderly homes giving them entertainment and their Men of Faith sports program.
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The San Angelo Family Network is an organization that is designed to increase kinship caregivers' capacity to provide safe, stable and nurturing homes for children. Thier services address the needs of kinship families, working towards the positive permanency for the child, ensuring families receive support and to help increase the quality of parenting that kinship caregivers provide.
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