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Hope Meadows
real-life stories of healing and caring from an inspiring community
By Smith, Wes
- ISBN
- 978-0-42517-840-9
- Publisher
- New York : Berkley Books, c2001.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2001
This is the stirring story of the kind of village it takes to raise troubled, unwanted children. In 1994, the first families moved into Hope Meadows, a former military base in central Illinois. Academic activist Brenda Eheart (sociology, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana) developed this multigenerational alternative to the traditional foster care system. In return for adopting up to four special-needs children, parents receive free housing and a salary o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
