JIT & My First Home Featured on KUSI for National Foster Care Month

by | May 15, 2019 | HOUSING, IN THE NEWS, YOUTH STORIES

KUSI highlights Just in Time for Foster Youth, My First Home, and our Grantville Distribution Center in three live segments.

 

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