LOGAN COUNTY, Ky. — A national nonprofit with a location in Logan County is aiming to make the transition easier for children moving from their family home into foster care. 

Red and white flags with wholesome notes were flying in the wind as workers with Isaiah 117 broke ground on their new facility. The nonprofit aims to care for children as they await foster placement.

“This is a home," said Susan Evans, service region administrator for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. "This is where God has reached out his arms and has lovingly brought them into His fold and will love them and provide for them.”

The house will be a child’s first stop as they transition from their family home to a foster home.

“We’re the in-between, until a foster placement is found," said Lori Gafford, location leader for Isaiah 117. 

Volunteers will take care of the children by bathing them, feeding them and providing them with clothes. They will also try to lower the children’s trauma on the day they are removed from their family home. 

Gafford has fostered 10 children over the years.

“In one instance, we picked up a little boy at 8 o'clock at night, and he only brought his belongings in a trash bag," she said. 

She added many children who go into foster care don't have much of what's necessary for survival, adding to the importance of the Isaiah 117 House.

"If we had that in community at the time, he would’ve gone there instead, (gotten) a bath, been fed and picked out clothes," she said. 

The building could cost thousands, but employees are hoping donations could help bring down the price.

“Typically, a house this size, you’re looking at $300,000 a lot of times," said Gary Schwenke, construction manager for Isaiah 117 House. "But a lot of times, what we see in our communities, most if not all of that gets donated.”

The house will be fully constructed by late fall or early winter.