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Applied in 2007

Christian Homes And Special Kids

NATHHAN / CHASK (National Challenged Homeschoolers and Christian Homes And Special Kids

Program Facts

  • Paid (FTE) Staff Working: 1
  • Program Participants Last Year: 175
  • Meets about 5 time(s) with each participant per month
  • Participants remain in the program for 5 months

Volunteers

Volunteers per month: 20

Volunteers are trained:

Volunteer Training
AlwaysRarely

Volunteers are actively recruited:

Volunteer Recruiting
AlwaysRarely

Board Activities

  • Formally reviews the performance of the chief executive officer at least once every two years.
  • Formally approves the budget.
  • Has formally approved a conflict of interest policy and regularly monitors it to ensure adherence.
  • Receives, at least quarterly, the organization's financial statement.
  • Receives, at least annually, an auditor's management letter and report.
  • Convenes an audit committee.

Outcomes & Measures: (self-reported)

Outcome 1
Families find therapy resources to meet the needs of their special needs child.

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Families send in pictures of equipment, write articles for us and request further assistance as progress is made.

Outcome 2
Parents locate educational resources that work.

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Parents send in resource reviews as they are using products. They are able to help other parents and share success stories.

Outcome 3
Birth parents choose life for their baby with medical concerns.

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They keep us posted to their child's progress and needs for intervention. CHASK provides therapy, and educational resources. Birth parents network with NATHHAN /CHASK families in their area. Relationships form and often start attending church and are eqipped with ideas and support.

Outcome 4
Birth parents choose life, but cannot parent. They choose a CHASK family to parent their baby.

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CHASK adoptive families send pictures, and progress reports.

Outcome 5
Adoptive families that must terminate the adoption of an older child find a new Christian home through CHASK.

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CHASK adoptive families keep us posted as to how newly adopted child is integrating into the new family. Pictures, notes and stories. They are able to assist other potential adoptive families and work with families dealing with hard-to-work- with children.

Change Process: (self-reported)

   There is a dearth of resources to support families who wish to provide a Christian education for their child with Down syndrome, cerebral palsy or learning delays. Public special education programs are often unable to meet the vast, intense needs of such a variety of special challenges. In addition, public education is hostile toward Christ-centered values. Not wanting their child’s learning years to be wasted “waiting” for good programs, thousands of families have turned to educating themselves, becoming experts on meeting the specialty needs of their child. Finding whatever is going to help their child succeed, NATHHAN families are the epitome of the involved parent! NATHHAN serves over 16,000 families dealing with special needs.

   Putting shoe leather on their Christianity, the above NATHHAN families are reaching out, in response to being helped themselves. They are actively searching for birth parents that have an adverse prenatal diagnosis, sharing the hope that their baby is a blessing and already loved. Through one-on-one sharing, CHASK families are getting birth moms and dads to choose a family to raise their child if they cannot parent, instead of abortion.