About the Author

Carla Atkinson

Carla Atkinson has been interested in the health and welfare of children since childhood. As an eleven-year-old, she began teaching Sunday school and babysat children of all ages for many years.

Carla and her husband, Jim, began taking foster children in 1968 and, to date, have raised over two hundred children. They are active in the lives of their 125 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Carla and Jim founded a group home agency in 1984, opening six group homes, a foster agency, and a special education school.

About the Author

Carla Atkinson

Carla Atkinson has been interested in the health and welfare of children since childhood. As an eleven-year-old, she began teaching Sunday school and babysat children of all ages for many years.

Carla and her husband, Jim, began taking foster children in 1968 and, to date, have raised over two hundred children. They are active in the lives of their 125 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Carla and Jim founded a group home agency in 1984, opening six group homes, a foster agency, and a special education school.

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