“The moment that changed everything for me was learning that 80% of children living in orphanages have a living parent — someone who could care for them if given the right support. That single statistic turned everything I thought I knew upside down.”
Social Impact Heroes: How Caroline Boudreaux of Miracle Foundation Is Helping To Change Our World
Inspired NonProfit Leadership: The Bold Pivot – From Institutions to Families
Sometimes the bravest move a nonprofit can make is to change course. Caroline Boudreaux and Leslie Beasley of Miracle Foundation share how they pivoted from supporting orphanages to reuniting children with families—creating a model that’s transforming child welfare and proving that the best place for every child is a loving home.
Woman to Watch: Leslie Beasley
“Leslie Beasley serves as the CEO of Miracle Foundation, where her visionary leadership drives efforts to ensure every child grows up in a safe, stable, and permanent home.”
Austin non-profit launches app aiming to improve foster care system | FOX 7 Austin
“FOX 7 Austin speaks with Leslie Beasley, CEO of the Miracle Foundation, about a new app that hopes to streamline paperwork and improve the foster care system for families.”
FosterShare app: How an app can help foster parents stay connected with children
“Foster parents and case managers are all hard-working, compassionate, resourceful people. But the demands of their jobs are enormous,” adds Leslie Beasley, CEO of the Miracle Foundation.
New app ‘Fostershare’ works to end high foster care turnover rates in Texas
“We did this in order to reduce the impact on the children because they bounce around from family to family to family, and we want to stabilize that,” Leslie Beasley, the CEO of Miracle Foundation said.
Entrepreneur India: Women are Driving Social Entrepreneurship
We may need lion hearts for various odd ventures of the world but for social entrepreneurship, we need the tender mindset of a mother.
Elle.com: 7 Women on Their Unconventional Mother Figures
“Whatever I accomplish or wherever I go in this world, Auntie Caroline will always be a part of my life as a mother figure to me. Through her support she has given me the gifts of a quality education, strength, support and love.” -Kalpana Kindo
Forbes: You Don’t Have To Have A Baby To Be A Mother
We’ve developed a systematic, measurable, scalable way to improve the quality of care being given to parentless children, and we’re focused on expanding to support even more kids in need. Our goal is for every child to have a loving family and until that happens, Mother’s Day won’t have the integrity that it should.
Ageist: Caroline Boudreaux, 54: Creating a Better World for Children
Overcome with Justin Wren
Caroline Boudreaux is a social entrepreneur who left her career in TV advertising in 2000 to found Texas-based international nonprofit Miracle Foundation. With Miracle Foundation, Caroline has received a variety of awards including: The Hope Award, The Impact Award and the United Nations Humanitarian Award. Through her work as founder of Miracle Foundation, she has helped empty 300 orphanages and counting.
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