Housing for children awaiting foster families breaks ground in Memphis
Isaiah 117 House, a Tennessee-based nonprofit that provides homes for children awaiting foster care, held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new location on Colonial Road on Monday, March 4. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Isaiah 117 House, a nonprofit that provides a comfortable environment for youth waiting on a foster family placement, opens its first location in Shelby County, where more than 1,000 children are in state custody.
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Foster Care Tennessee Department of Children’s Services Isaiah 117 HouseAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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