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Koinonia Acheives 3 Year CARF Accreditation
November 19, 2019 "CARF is a nonprofit organization focused on promoting the quality, value, and optimal outcomes of services through a consultative accreditation process... Service providers earning CARF accreditation are recognized for their ongoing innovation and...
Koinonia Partners with Alvarado Consulting & Treatment Group
November 18, 2019 Since June, Koinonia staff members have been attending trauma-informed trainings, led by Alvarado Consulting & Treatment Group, with the most recent training taking place on November 1. In the scope of our agency’s history, the trainings were...
Upcoming CARF Accreditation Survey!
September 25, 2019 - September 27, 2019 We invited the surveyors to evaluate how well we meet international standards for quality. The survey will tell us what we are doing well and ways we might improve. As a result of this survey, we may earn or continue...
Dream Builders Workshop Groundbreaking
Almost one hundred people celebrated as Koinonia Homes for Teens, Beazer Homes’ Trade Alliance representatives, and foster youth with golden shovels broke ground on the future site of Koinonia’s new Dream Builders Workshop. The workshop, created by Beazer Homes’ Trade...
Virtual Orientation – Tehachapi July 10, 2020
Learn more about Foster Care and Adoption process. We service Tehachapi, Ridgecrest, California City, Rosamond and Mojave California! In the Orientation you will learn: Foster Care and Adoption Process Elements of the Home Study Process Court and Foster Care...
Cheers to Charity Donates
A big thank you to all those who attended the Cheers to Charity event in Tehachapi California. We really appreciate being selected and it resulted in a $6000 donation!! Thank you for choosing us as one of the non-profits to support. Anyone in the Tehachapi area,...
Woodside Homes Donates
Koinonia Homes for Teens is very thankful to our community members like Woodside Homes. They understand how important our mission is and provided bedroom sets for our young ladies home and furniture and decorations for our newest home in Orangevale. With community...
NACo 2018 Achievement Award
Emergency Foster Youth Placement Partnership - Placer County Abstract: In response to California Department of Social Services (CDSS) Continuum of Care Reform (CCR), Placer County closed the Children's Emergency Shelter on December 13, 2016 ahead of legislative...
The Big Day of Giving – Thank you!
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California Shelters are Closing
The Opportunity California passed Assembly Bill 403, which requires limitation on the use of county-run children’s shelters across the state. Although it is a great idea to try to place children/youth in a home-like environment, it is putting a strain on California's...