The JAYC Foundation provided reunification services for a total of six families in 2012. These families came from as far as Michigan, Missouri, Texas, Oregon, and Idaho. All left with a renewed awareness and appreciation for their unique strengths and family dynamics.
Early in March, the first family of 2013 received services, referred by a joint effort between the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the FBI. The treatment recruited skilled translators as the treatment was conducted entirely in Spanish. Upon departure, a reunited single mother and her two sons headed out for their new life together. This was possible due to the courage and strength of the young mother, and the collaboration and cooperation of the agencies involved.
Just the other day we received the following words of thanks from one of the families that came to the Foundation for help last December:
“Hello! Hi! How are you? Just wanted to say hello and let you know that T and I are doing well. T has good grades again and he has a new job. Every day my heart has hope for the future. A day when all of that sucky stuff is buried in the past. I can’t say it enough…THANK YOU! Coming to Transitioning Families was a once in a lifetime experience. And, the gift you gave me at the end was such a very generous act. I also have a thank you card for the anonymous giver. I don’t know anyone who would give a complete stranger such a gift. That gift was a blessing! The entire warmth that has embraced us during this difficult time is overwhelming…and life giving. I could not be myself without such resources like NCMEC and you!” The writer went on to say: “What those 5 days gave us is priceless! We didn’t want to leave. Being there, with you and your staff, brought back something as a family we hadn’t had at all since T returned home…time together without outside criticism and judgments (noise). I am deeply moved by the experience and any chance I get to help others parents be informed, I do. This experience has changed me, I think differently, I listen differently, but most of all… I learned to trust my own mommy instincts above all others.”