NATIONAL EXPANSIONAngel Investors
Catalyze the Movement to Care for Kids
PROSPECTUS
February, 2017
Tony didn’t expect to become a foster parent.
But when his sister became unable to care for
his niece and two nephews, he knew he couldn’t
watch them go into the care of the State
Understanding the burden to provide financially
as a single foster parent, Tony’s child welfare
caseworker submitted his story through an online
platform called CarePortal. Churches in the
CarePortal network near Tony received an email
with a request to help meet a specific need.
One church said “yes”.
“The church paid a bill for the credit card that
I was taking care of the kids with —buying
groceries, buying clothes, and also paying bills
with. They paid $500 dollars on that credit card.
Now some people might not think that’s a lot, but
it was such a blessing to me. It gave me hope.”
Watch more of Tony’s story at: careportal.org/tony
Every single day, stories like Tony’s come through CarePortal.
The needs are not glamorous and the stories will not make front-page news, but to the
children and families in crisis receiving help from their neighbors, child welfare employees
experiencing whole communities supporting their work, and churches stepping up as
champions for vulnerable children and families in their own backyards,
the impact is transformational.
There is power in every church doing a little.
“CarePortal is an inspiring and durable partner, mobilizing communities of faith, uplifting and
supporting vulnerable children and families, and transforming child welfare from an agency
responsibility to a collective call to action.”
Tim Decker
Director | Missouri Children’s Division
Keeping Families Together
Tony’s niece and nephews are
now safely back with their
mom, having never left their
biological family.
PROSPECTUS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
3 Organization At-A-Glance
4 Executive Summary
5 The Problem
5 The Solution
6 How CarePortal Works
8 Exponential Opportunity
9 Expansion Strategy
10 Funding Model
10 The Invitation
11 Appendix A | The Global Orphan Project
11 Appendix B | Infrastructure
12 Appendix C | The Spectrum of Needs
13 Appendix D | Funding Model
14 Appendix E | Implementing Partners
NATIONAL EXPANSION
Angel Investors | Catalyze the Movement to Care for Kids
CarePortal AT-A-GLANCE
CarePortal is a ministry initiative of
The Global Orphan Project (GO Project or GO).
Founded in 2003, GO is a global community
committed to caring for local children
and families in crisis.
See Appendix A for more about The Global Orphan Project.
CarePortal brings the needs of hurting children
and families in your community to your attention.
Child welfare workers uncover the needs.
CarePortal makes local churches aware, giving
them a real-time opportunity to respond.
CarePortal’s executive leadership & advisory
board includes:
Pastors, Entrepreneurs, Child Protective Services
Executives, Corporate Executives, Ministry Leaders,
University Administrators, Software Developers,
Strategic Planners — all seeking to impact their
communities as servants of Christ.
Launch
March 2015
Impact
As of February 2017, more than 1,000 churches have
met the needs of 8,000 children in 10 states.
ECFA Accredited 4-Star Charity Guidestar Gold Rating Navigator Rating
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYFamilies are in crisis. In our nation, 4 million children are touched by
the foster care system. In those same communities, 40 million adults
regularly attend church. Imagine the impact if those believers were
empowered to help children in crisis in their own backyards.
CarePortal is an innovative online platform that allows child welfare
workers to submit a need that churches can respond to in real time.
God is moving. Hundreds of churches are already serving thousands of
children in ten states.
“I think the CarePortal is the perfect opportunity
to be the church as described in Acts.”
Request #447
Church Leader
National Expansion
“This church’s extremely quick response gave
these children the ability to spend Christmas
with their family.”
Request #5030
Missouri Child Welfare Worker
More child welfare agencies across the nation are ready and waiting to partner with churches. You can help.
Children Served Monthly
8,007 Children Served
thru February, 2017
Active Markets
Target Markets
1,000 Children in Child Welfare System
You can help mobilize thousands of churches and catalyze the movement to care for kids. We invite you to be a part of a
core group of Angel Investors. Right now, there is an opportunity for exponential growth. By investing in the launch of new
markets across the nation, you will help meet the real-time needs of thousands of children within the next two years.
As an Angel Investor, you would contribute toward the $1.8 million needed to onboard 3,000 new churches and impact
50,000 children and families in crisis by the end of 2018.
We are in awe of the transformation that has already taken place, and our vision for the future is God-sized. Children in need
are waiting. We are excited and ready to serve them with you.
Adrien Lewis, Executive Director | CarePortal
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DEFINING THE PROBLEMIn many countries around the world, including
our own, the family—the foundational building
block of every society—is in a state of free fall.
Fatherlessness, the damaging condition created
by men unwilling or unable to parent the children
they produce, is the leading culprit. In America,
we watch as divorce, social programs financially
penalizing couples who marry, and the erosion of
family values also contribute significantly to the
breakdown of the nuclear unit.
“The State can never be a substitute for
families. The government is not supposed
to be a long-term solution to the needs of
children and families.”
Audrey Deckinga
National Child Welfare Consultant
Pure Religion: Care for orphans and widows
in their distress.
James 1:27
God has called His bride, the local Church,
to be the primary avenue to care for the
most vulnerable.
Government is commissioned to protect the most vulnerable.
The Church is called to provide for them.
There are approximately 4,000,000 children in the United States child welfare system.
400,000 of those children are in foster care.
As a society, we have largely outsourced the care of our most vulnerable children to state agencies.
With decades of data now available, many sincere, dedicated child welfare workers are the first to say,
“Government doesn’t make good family.” The current system of care is neither sufficient nor sustainable.
Government oversight needs to be supported by widespread community involvement.
Until communities step into this void of care, at-risk children will continue to pay the price.
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THE SOLUTION
By mobilizing the CarePortal network, you provide a fast, effective and scalable way for child welfare
workers to partner with local church leaders to address the needs of hurting children and families in
their own communities. Because this model supports government efforts, CarePortal is viewed as a
complementary service, rather than competition. Most importantly, your investment moves the local
church off the sidelines and back into the center of meeting the needs of at-risk children and families.
As an Angel Investor, you play a crucial role in facilitating these relationships and unleashing a
technology positioned by God to change child welfare in our nation. You can impact thousands
of children in crisis in the next year—and for generations to come—by helping launch new
markets and catalyze the movement to care for kids.
“This type of connection between faith-based organizations and government is vital to
restoring balance between protection and charity.”
Greg McKay
Arizona Department of Child Safety Director
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““I am writing to request help in obtaining a twin bed and mattress for a child in foster care.
This amazing 15-year-old girl has struggled with significant health and disability concerns
all her life. She was recently released from a rehabilitation hospital and placed in a home
where she, at last, can thrive and receive all the care she needs. As often happens, this
foster home is comprised of individuals with loving hearts who opened up their home in the
middle of the night to take in a child in need but were missing just one or two things.”
Request #5266
An Oklahoma Child Welfare Worker
HOW CAREPORTAL WORKSWhile most identify CarePortal with software capability, the key to the ministry circuit is the
people using the tool. See Appendix B for more about Ministry Infrastructure.
The State’s child welfare workers vet needs of local families in crisis. They then enter the
specifics into CarePortal, which uses technology to make local churches who have opted into
the system aware. Here’s an example of an actual need that was recently placed in the system.
Next, the local churches invite members of
their congregations to help. When someone
in the local church responds, the system
connects that individual directly with the child
welfare worker.
After the need is met, the request is closed in
the system by the worker and the entire church
community is made aware.
Sound simple?
It is. And it works.
Watch “How CarePortal Works” on the homepage of our website. | careportal.org
“We love having the opportunity to meet
needs in our community, city, and county.
The more we meet these needs, the more we
look like the Church.”
Missouri Pastor
“The community of faith-based organizations
who participate in the revolutionary prevention
model, CarePortal [...] help hundreds of families
in crisis by lending a helping hand when one is
desperately needed.”
State of the State Address, January 2017
Doug Ducey
Governor of Arizona
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Kayla summed up what this connection meant to her in a “thank you” note
that expresses a deep need in every heart: “You felt I was worth it.”
“CarePortal helps tear down that wall . . . so that you know how to enter into
someone’s world and meet a tangible need. And that’s what we’re called to do.”
Patrick Johnson
Church Responder and CA of GenerousChurch
Kayla grew up in the foster care system. Soon after she aged out at 18,
she had a daughter who was also placed in the care of the State. With
fresh determination, Kayla diligently began taking steps to be able to
care for her baby.
Family in Need
CarePortal
The child welfare worker submitted Kayla’s story and request for a baby
bed through CarePortal. Churches in the CarePortal network located
near Kayla received an email.
Local Churches
Patrick and Jennifer Johnson, a couple signed up to receive CarePortal
requests through their church, read Kayla’s story. They said “yes” to
meeting the need.
Family Helped
While delivering the crib to Kayla’s apartment, just a few miles from
their home, Patrick and Jennifer looked around and asked if she
needed anything else. She did. And she needed more than furniture.
They stepped into the world of this young mom and her baby . . .
and every life involved changed in a beautiful way.
Child Welfare Worker
Kayla’s case manager saw she was working two jobs and sincerely
desired to be a good mom. The only thing that stood in the way of
Kayla bringing her baby home was a crib.
“you felt I was worth it”One Story of One Church Doing a Little
Watch more of Kayla’s story at careportal.org/worth-it.
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EXPONENTIAL OPPORTUNITYStill in the earliest stages, there are already more than 1000 activated churches in more than
70 counties across 10 states. (KS, MO, TX, OK, AZ, GA, NC, OH, CO, MT). Requests are coming in
from 22 agency partners, and the Church is responding!
“Because of CarePortal’s efficient use of
technology, it’s a program that can be easily
replicated with no real cost [to the government].”
Phyllis Gilmore
Secretary | Kansas Dpt. for Children & Families
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You can help more families in crisis stay
together, provide stability for children in the
foster care system, and reunite parents with
their children.
Additional markets across the nation are
preparing to launch. California, Tennessee
and Florida are next in line. By the end of 2018,
CarePortal could be active in 25 states with
more than 4,000 Activated Churches. That
means more than 100 children PER DAY will
receive the blessing of a local church stepping
up to meet their critical needs in real time.
“CarePortal opens the door to family
preservation and helps prevent children from
coming into foster care.”
Andy Cook
Executive Director | Promise 686
As of February, 2017
8,007 Children Served
1,018Activated Churches
470 Waiting Churches
EXPANSION STRATEGYHow will this explosive growth occur?
Your investment expands the CarePortal network
through two proven expansion strategies:
Organic [Corporate] Model
In many states, CarePortal expands organically by launching new
markets in places where our network already has connections. Under
this model, our team gradually finds key people to fill state and regional
leadership roles and activate the network. [See Appendix B]
Although this process can require significant effort, the organic model is
essential and exciting because it means there is likely no ministry currently
working to connect the church and state to meet the needs of vulnerable
children in their communities. CarePortal has been effectively activated in
Kansas, Missouri, Texas and Arizona under this model.
Implementing Partner [Franchise] Model
The real potential for exponential growth rests in the franchise model.
Organizations with the same mission — to mobilize the church to care
for children and families in crisis — already have boots on the ground
throughout our nation. CarePortal offers a simple and scalable vehicle to
connect a pre-existing local ministry with more churches, opening the door
for them to serve their communities and fulfill their mission more effectively
as a CarePortal Implementing Partner. [See Appendix E]
“We had been working with churches in our community for a long time, helping them get engaged
with foster care. We found that we were really good at getting them started — engaging the issue,
talking about the issue, starting ministries around the issue, and even coming in and helping
them in crisis. But we had no tool to create ongoing positive interactions with our ministry and
the Church, and the Church and the state. CarePortal has come in as that roadway that’s allowed
everybody in the space of child welfare, especially in Oklahoma, to connect.”
Chris Campbell
111 Project Executive Director & CarePortal Oklahoma State Director
See Appendix F for both models, CarePortal leadership looks for three key
conditions before launching: feet, favor and funding.
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FUNDING MODELAngel Investors are essential to helping children
in need throughout our nation. You open doors
that few people can open, and then local
communities keep those doors open.
Your investment will be used in conjunction
with local incubation funding to catalyze the
movement to care for kids in communities
from Los Angeles, California to Miami, Florida.
AN INVITATIONCatalyze the Movement to Care for Kids
Will you consider becoming an Angel Investor with a one-time gift in 2017?
Children in need are waiting, and we are excited and ready to serve them with you.
Adrien Lewis
Executive Director of CarePortal
913-485-4056
Each new market requires approximately
$60K to grow a network of churches, build
infrastructure, and develop partnerships with
child welfare agencies. $30K is provided by
Angel Investors, while the remaining half
comes from local sources. Once a new market
is established, churches are then asked to give
an average of $100/month to maintain the
ministry in their community. [See Appendix C]
You give to expand capacity and reach more
children across the United States.
$1.8 million to onboard
3,000 more churches
and Impact 50,000 more children
FundingOpportunity
$120,000
Launch Four Markets
$60,000
Launch Two Markets
$30,000
Launch One Market
$10,000
Seed One Market
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Contact
APPENDIX A About The Global Orphan Project
Who are we?
The Global Orphan Project (GO Project or GO) is a global community
committed to caring for local children and families in crisis — from Kansas
City to Kampala. Founded in 2003 by Mike and Beth Fox, GO Project is
headquartered in Missouri and partners with local churches throughout
the U.S., Haiti, East Africa and India.
What do we do?
We partner with local leaders and “adopting” churches who care for
orphaned and vulnerable children. We also launch businesses and
support schools to help strengthen families in crisis.
Watch “Global Vision. Local Care.” and
learn more at goproject.org/about.
APPENDIX B
CarePortal Infrastructure
CarePortal churches stay involved through team of volunteers and staff,
an organized network, and dynamic technology that catalyzes daily
engagement.
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Central Advisory Team
Representatives from each State focused on evaluating strategy, technology, challenges, and opprotunities overall.
State Advisory Team
Representatives from each Region meeting regularly to focus on building church/state e ectiveness.
CHURCHESPoint Person Pastor
COMMUNITYCoordinator Ambassador
REGIONManager Ambassador
STATEAmbassadorDirector
CENTRALOFFICE
Regional Advisory Team
Representatives from every Active Community meeting together quarterly to focus on building regional e ectiveness.
Active Community
A monthly gathering of local churches and stakeholders focused on addressing the needs of children and families in their community.
Regional CapacityKey relationships to support
50 churches
Regional Budget
$60,000/year to support 50 churches. Avg $100/month per church
APPENDIX C The Spectrum of Needs
Historically, churches have been viewed as a potential pool of fostering and adopting families.
Although foster care and adoption are significant needs, they are just two out of hundreds of
ways for individuals to be involved with the needs of the children and families touched by the
child welfare system.
Everything that CarePortal churches do can be found somewhere on this grid.
The Grid | Areas of Impact
Tier 1 represents physical investments (cash, goods or services) by CarePortal churches to stabilize
the environments for children and their caregivers. In some instances, provision of specific needs
prevents children from being removed from the home. In other cases, physical investments allow
certain individuals to participate as foster or adoptive parents, to keep their relative children in their
care, or to provide assistance to youth aging out of the foster care system.
Tier 2 needs represent relational opportunities for CarePortal Churches to mobilize and strengthen
families or support youth. These relational opportunities can come in the form of programs,
mentoring/tutoring, or simply helping with normal life tasks as a friend or community support
(babysitting, helping with transportation, etc.).
Tier 3 needs represent those needs requiring CarePortal Churches to mobilize individuals to
welcome strangers into their homes. This includes partnering with preventative initiatives like
Safe Families, developing resources for youth in PPC (Protective Homes), or working alongside
organizations that license foster families and homes.
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TIER 1Physical
Invest In
TIER 2Relational
Walk With
TIER 3Family
Become Home
Prevention Foster Care Adoption Transition
APPENDIX D CarePortal Funding Model
1 Region | 50 Churches | $60K per year
Local stakeholders (Corporate Model) or Implementing Partners (Franchise Model) are required
to raise half the amount of incubation funding for the first year of operation prior to launch. As
an Angel Investor, you help provide the additional $30K (National Incubation Funding) needed
to catalyze the movement in these new markets. By year 3, local churches provide 100% of
sustaining funding by giving an average of $100 per month, ensuring that the Church is the
center of child welfare.
CarePortal does not accept contract funding from government or child placing agencies, so the
ministry is able to serve the Church unencumbered.
APPENDIX E Implementing Partner
CarePortal provides a process and a supporting technology platform to local ministries to assist
them in their efforts to care for local children and families in crisis. This allows Implementing
Partners to easily connect local churches with needs identified by child welfare workers.
What do Implementing Partners do?
Implementing partners continue to build and maintain local relationships with churches and
with child welfare partner agencies — their people and their ministry name continue to be the
local face of the effort. They are asked to recruit additional church partners and to train all on
how to use CarePortal to present children’s needs to those who will help to meet them.
CarePortal
• Provides Tech
• Automates Giving
• Provides Marketing
• Advocates Nationally
Implementing Partner
• Recruits & Trains Churches
• Maintains Relationship with Church & Child Welfare
• Advocates Locally
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Local Incubation Funding National Incubation Funding End of Month Cash Balance Local Sustainable Church Funding
$5,000
$10,000
$15,000
$20,000
$25,000
$30,000
Year 1 | Onboarding
$0
Year 2 | Training & Development Year 3 + | Maintaining
+$15k +$15k +$15k +$15k
+$7.5k +$7.5k +$7.5k
Feet
Key people in place to do the work.
• Starts with someone initiating the
conversation and possibilities.
• Regional Manager identified and
in place as key staff person.
• A Pastoral Ambassador willing to
champion the movement.
Pre-Launch Train Child Welfare Agency
• Regional Manager works with key leaders to
develop Agency implementation plan
• County Launch checklist is completed by Agency
• Training for Agency staff
Identify Coordinators
• Recruit Volunteer Coordinators throughout
the region
• Train Coordinators and establish Active
Communities
Launch Tier 1 Host Launch Event
• Activate CarePortal system for the County/Region
• Cast vision, connect, and submit first few requests
• Introduce Coordinators and announce Active
Community gatherings
Favor
Key stake holders committed.
• Primary Child Welfare Agency
Partner agreed to implement
• Key churches in community with
desire to lead
Funding
At least half the incubation
funding needed for the first year
of expansion.
• $30,000 to support the team in a
region designed for 50 church
capacity
APPENDIX F Expansion Model
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Goals for Phase 1: 6 months
• Recruit and train Volunteer Coordinators
• Enroll 50 engaged churches
• Establish 5 Active Communities meeting monthly
Enroll and Activate Churches
• Invite churches through relationship, hosting
gatherings, media, and existing networks
• Help churches enroll and move through the
Activation Process
Set Launch Plan
• Target number of churches
• Launch date and location
• Invite churches, child welfare leaders, and media
FeetKey People
FavorLocal Support
FundingSeed Capital
LaunchMarket
Under both the Organic and Implementing Partner models, CarePortal leadership looks for three conditions before launching: