Annie C Courtney Fdtn

10/28/2026

FYI vouchers can be a lifeline for foster youth aging out of care.

Millions in housing vouchers for youth leaving foster care are going unused—missing a key chance to prevent homelessness and exploitation.

10/17/2026

Our thanks to our friends in the CTGLC for sharing information on this upcoming event for our children in need of love and care.

Please share within your faith community?

Register here!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0944AAAD2EABFBC34-65308970-bells

10/14/2026

Our Executive Deb Kelleher speaking with Jacqueline Ford of DCF's Doors to Hope and Healing, about her journey professionally and personally.

Catch the latest episode of Doors to Hope and Healing 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=Q2f_6uosGvU
🔔 Episode 134 — Bells of Hope features Deb Kelleher of the Annie C. Courtney Foundation. Hear her personal and professional story of working with lived experience in foster care.

10/09/2026

Connecticut desperately needs more foster families for teens.
Youth, like Emily, should not need to stay in the E.D. just because we don't have enough resources.
Can you find it in your heart to be a resource for just one child?
Call us to discuss all the different ways you can show up for our kids. 475-235-2184

Emily was normally very charming and expressive. There she looked hollow, as if her humanity had been drained out of her.

10/02/2026

Join us during the weekend at the Harwinton fair we’ll be here with our DCF partners.

Amazing vendors, entertainment, activities and a huge assortment of food vendors.

Friday 4-9
Saturday 9-9
Sunday 9-6

Stop by and say hello!!

09/28/2026

Our thanks to John Voket of “For the People” on Connoisseur radio for interviewing our Executive Director regarding our New Beginnings program.
Our segment begins at 37 minutes.

If we had a baton we'd wave it. But we have something even better - the Conductor and President of the Greater Bridgeport Symphony are previewing the upcoming GBS season honoring great American composers and classics. Tune in and find out how you can attend and enjoy one or al...

09/25/2026

This is our joint initiative with DCF for National Adoption Month in November. Please share within your communities so that we hear bells throughout the state!!!

Dear Faith Community Leader,

This November, we are inviting faith communities across Connecticut to come together around one shared purpose: to make sure children waiting for permanent, loving families know they are seen, remembered, and surrounded by a community that cares.

In recognition of National Adoption Awareness Month, the Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF), in partnership with the Annie C. Courtney Foundation, is launching Bells of Hope, a statewide faith-based awareness initiative starting on Sunday, November 1, 2026 and every day throughout the month.

Every Bell. Every Prayer. Every Child.

Bells of Hope invites churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, and faith communities of every tradition to participate in a way that is meaningful and appropriate for their congregation.

Faith communities may choose to:
• Ring the Bells of Hope once for every child currently featured in the Connecticut Heart Gallery.
• Lift children in prayer, including recognizing the first names of children waiting for permanency.
• Host the Connecticut Heart Gallery during November, sharing photographs and stories of children and youth waiting for adoptive families.
• Invite a speaker to share information about foster care, adoption, permanency, and ways communities can support children and families. Speakers may include DCF staff, foster or adoptive parents, adults with lived experience, and community partners.

The Connecticut Heart Gallery particularly highlights children for whom finding a permanent family can be more challenging, including sibling groups who hope to remain together, teenagers, medically complex children and youth, and children who have waited the longest.
https://portal.ct.gov/dcf/foster-care-and-adoption/heart-gallery?language=en_US

We need Connecticut’s faith communities to help us make sure no child waits unseen—by lifting their names in prayer, sharing their stories, opening hearts, and helping us find the families and connections every child deserves.

Participating congregations will receive a Certificate of Connection, recognition through Connecticut DCF’s social media during National Adoption Awareness Month, and recognition as a statewide Bells of Hope community partner.

We invite your faith community to join us.

Thank you for considering standing with Connecticut’s children. One congregation may ring a bell. Another may offer a prayer. Another may share a child's story. But together, those individual acts can become a statewide chorus of hope.
One State. One Purpose. Every Child Matters.

Register here!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0944AAAD2EABFBC34-65308970-bells

With gratitude,

Deb Kelleher
Annie C. Courtney Foundation
[email protected]
Jacqueline Ford
Connecticut Department of Children and
Families
[email protected]
Tom Moore
Annie C. Courtney Foundation
[email protected]

09/11/2026

Today we remember all those impacted by the events 25 years ago!

This weekend is the Bethlehem Fair and we will be having a booth supported also by DCF. Stop by and find out more about all the changes including a one hour Zoom Info Session and licensing usually within 4 months.

We’ll also be at the Newtown Horseguard event on Saturday.

A wonderful weekend for outside festivities… we look forward to meeting you.

08/30/2026

Join us today at the Wilton Grange - activities, artesian vendors (food, jewelry, clothing) and food trucks.

And SANTA has arrived early to say hi!

Stop by and say hello - we’re here from 10a-4p.

Enjoy your day