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Out Of Home Care

Children and caregivers taking part in an outdoor activity on the lawn at Mustard Seed Youth Home in Hualien

Out-of-Home Care

A Safe Home. A Steady Path Forward.

When children and teenagers cannot safely remain with their families, consistent care can restore the ordinary rhythms every young person needs to grow.

Meet MSM's Two Homes See 2025 Impact

Why This Care Matters

When Home Is Not Safe, Stability Matters

Children enter out-of-home care when abuse, neglect, abandonment, or family breakdown makes living at home unsafe. Separation protects them from immediate harm, but it also brings another disruption at a stage when trust and belonging matter deeply.

The need is especially acute for older teenage boys, who may have few age-appropriate placement options as they approach adulthood. They need more than shelter: they need dependable adults, education, emotional care, and practical preparation for life beyond care.

How MSM Helps

Two Homes, One Continuum of Care

MSM operates two residential homes, each with capacity for up to 24 children and youth. Together, they provide age-appropriate care from childhood through the transition toward independent adulthood.

Children roller-skating outside Agape Children's Home in New Taipei City

New Taipei City

Agape Children's Home

A family-style home for younger children, shaped around dependable routines and emotional connection. Children receive daily care, academic support, counseling, music and arts enrichment, and opportunities to practice independence at their own pace.

Childhood stability · Learning and enrichment · Ongoing transition support

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The campus of Mustard Seed Youth Home in Hualien, with mountains in the background

Hualien

Mustard Seed Youth Home

A dedicated home for boys ages 12–18, when age-appropriate placements can be especially difficult to find. Care combines tutoring, trauma-informed counseling, life-skills training, job readiness, sports, STEAM learning, and preparation for independent life.

Adolescent care · Practical life skills · Pathways to independence

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Illustration of a younger child and a teenager receiving daily care, learning support, and guidance toward independent life

More Than Shelter

Care Built Around Everyday Life

Healing rarely happens in one dramatic moment. It grows through ordinary days: a reliable meal, help with homework, a conversation with someone who listens, and another chance to make a choice.

Safety and daily care

A stable place to live, nutritious meals, medical support, and caring adults who remain present.

Learning and emotional support

Tutoring, enrichment, counseling, and supportive relationships that help each young person regain confidence.

Skills for what comes next

Financial literacy, cooking, job readiness, and continued support as young people transition from care.

2025 At a Glance

Care That Continues, Day After Day

Residential headcounts change as children enter care, return to family, or transition into adulthood. Capacity and participation figures are therefore presented separately.

2

Residential Homes

Age-appropriate care in New Taipei City and Hualien

Up to 24

Residents Per Home

Typically around 20 at any given time as occupancy changes

4,116

Activity Participations

Combined project and enrichment person-instances across both homes in 2025

Stories of Growth

What Steady Support Can Make Possible

Each journey is different. These stories show how consistent relationships, opportunity, and time can help young people build direction on their own terms.

Lynn studying at her desk, photographed from behind to protect her identity

Agape Children's Home

Lynn: Preparing for Tomorrow

Lynn approached life at Agape with self-discipline and curiosity. Alongside her studies, she explored guitar, piano, and computer programming, gradually discovering both what interested her and what she could do well.

With encouragement from teachers and caregivers, she applied to National Taiwan University's College of Engineering through an admissions pathway for students from disadvantaged backgrounds and was accepted. Her achievement reflects years of effort, supported by the steady relationships that gave her room to plan for a future of her own.

Lynn, graduate of Agape Children's Home · Shared with consent; identity protected.

Mustard Seed Youth Home

Hua: Turning Care Into Care for Others

After years of instability, Hua arrived at Mustard Seed Youth Home as a teenager. Patient, consistent support helped him rebuild trust and confidence, not through one dramatic change, but through many ordinary experiences of being listened to and taken seriously.

Over time, Hua began extending that care to others. He joined rebuilding work after Typhoon Koinu affected Orchid Island in 2023, and later served as a teaching assistant at an MSM children's camp, guiding younger children with patience and responsibility.

Hua, Mustard Seed Youth Home · Shared with consent; identity protected.

Hua taking part in a hands-on learning activity, with identifying details blurred

Why Donors Trust MSM

Rooted in Taiwan Since 1952

70+ Years

Taiwan's first registered local Christian social welfare organization

2024

Recipient of Taiwan's Aurora Trust Award for nonprofit impact and innovation

International Access

Giving options through established international platforms including GlobalGiving and Give2Asia

Stand With Children in Care

Help Sustain a Safe Place to Grow

Your gift helps provide daily care, education, counseling, and life-skills support for children and youth living at one of MSM's two residential homes.

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