Grants

How does A Home for Jolee help?

A Home for Jolee accepts grant applications from faithful members of the church of Christ who have already completed the home study process. Once the application has been submitted to AHFJ and approved by our Board of Directors, the fundraising support begins. We offer grants up to $5,000.00 based on the couples' financial situation. This money goes a long way in helping the Christian couple meet their financial adoption goals. Once the grant is given, we continue to support their journey by offering helpful fundraising advice as well as encouragement. We understand that the adoption journey, although exciting, is often extremely difficult for the couple. We want to be there every step of the journey and will be there to rejoice when the couple brings home their child.

A description of our two available grants and the downloadable application are below the list of former grant recipients.

2022 Grant Recipients

2021 Grant Recipients

Reid and Jessica Cochran
Baby Lena

Brittanie Queen and Samantha

2020 Grant Recipients

Trent and Amanda Key

2019 Grant Recipients

The Collins Family

The Frazier Family

The Bridges Family

2018 Grant Recipients

The Thornton Family

The Clark Family

The Ashby Family

The Gaines Family

2017 Grant Recipients

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Receiving this grant has been one of the greatest blessings we have ever received. Our adoption journey has had its ups and downs, and this grant has definately been a very positive, ecouraging part of our journey. One of the most difficult parts of adoption is the stress of wondering how you are going to pay for it all. I can honestly say as soon as I found out about receiving this grant, all my fears and stress about the cost were erased. It helped me to see how blessed Luke and I have been and are continuing to be throughout our adoption story. AHFJ has been a constant support, and we are extremely grateful.

Megan Gurchiek
January 23, 2018

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The Gurchiek Family

Information on our Grants

The Caelyn Raine
Memorial Grant

A Home for Jolee Foundation is very pleased to offer a grant in the memory of Caelyn Raine Olds. Her mother, Casie Adams, served on our Board of Directors. The following is an excerpt from a letter she has written for the recipients of this grant.

"Caelyn was a sixteen-year-old who was like most young girls in a lot of ways. She loved music (especially pop acapella groups), reading, and Skyping with her friends; she was a talented singer, a collector of Grumpy cat memes, and a forever Disney princess. As her mom, though, I think she had some characteristics that set her apart from other girls her age. You see, Caelyn had a heart for service and especially a heart for children. She truly strove to be pleasing to God and to honor her parents (most of the time!), and was a patient and doting big sister to her five younger siblings. When we lost her in the Fall of 2016, an elder of the Lord’s church told me that contrary to what some people will tell me, everything does not happen for a reason…or sometimes the reason is simply that there’s sin in the world. “However,” he said, “something good can come from every tragedy.” This is our something good".

The Gracie Gaines Grant

A Home for Jolee Foundation is excited to be able to offer a grant in honor of the first beneficiary of this second grant.
In February 2019, Daniel and Tiffany Gaines brought home sweet Gracie. They were the first family AHFJ assisted with what was, at the time, unofficially known as "Grant 2" or our "Emergency Grant". This is a fund that we try to keep filled in reserve for families with urgent needs, such as an unexpected match or immediate travel needs.

The Board is pleased to announce that this grant is now officially named in honor of Gracie and the donors who so quickly and generously came together to fill her grant.

"The Gracie Gaines Grant" will be used to help meet urgent adoption expenses and is in need of regular funding to keep money available for these unexpected and sudden costs that arise with some adoptions

If you would like to donate to The Gracie Gaines Grant, please go to www.ahomeforjolee.org/donate!"