Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “stories”
One of the most exciting moments in OCA’s Life Coaching programs is the match meeting, the first time a Life Coach and a young person meet. It’s a moment in which two people start to understand why the Matchmaker Himself brought them together. From Initial Interest to a Match When someone expresses interest in becoming a life coach, they are …
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A Grandmother Raising a Child: A First-Person Account My husband, John, and I did everything that we could to keep our granddaughter in our family when social services stepped in. There wasn’t any part of us that wanted her to go into foster care. Hannah belonged with us. We would attend OCA foster parent training to keep her in our …
A Life Coach’s First-Person Experience Barry Motes has been a Life Coach with Orphan Care Alliance since 2013. In that time, he has mentored a dozen foster youth. Barry speaks from a place of experience and a passion to see young people prosper. “Zane” is the twelfth young man I’ve had the opportunity to work with. Most of these relationships …
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Not Alone: A Family’s Road to Home A Season of Hardship Beth never expected to be raising her teenage daughters while couch surfing. But after surgery forced her out of work for a time, stability disappeared. In early 2025, When OCA began working with Beth and her teenage daughters, Addie and Lily, the family was in survival mode. Out of …
Double the Impact: Why Your End-of-Year Gift to OCA Matters in 2025 Year-end giving often comes from a place of reflection—what mattered this year, and how can I invest in what lasts? At OCA, we believe that 2025 is the moment to build for tomorrow. By giving now, you do more than support ongoing programs: you help set up transformation …
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What Does Hope Look Like? Sometimes hope looks like a crib delivered to a family with a newborn. Sometimes it looks like a bus pass that helps a grandmother keep her job. Hope can even look like a pair of welding pants for a teenager learning a trade. Recently, OCA Gateway volunteers carried hope into homes across Kentucky and southern …
From Chaos to Calm: A Five-Week Turnaround Five weeks. That’s all it took for Carson’s* story to begin changing. When he first met his OCA Life Coach, James, in early September 2025, life was turbulent. Carson had been expelled from school after a series of angry outbursts – even throwing chairs when frustration took over. He was confined to his …
