Who Is CARES?
Pastor Raquel Watkins, MA MAHS
New Jerusalem Outreach Ministries
Program Director
Parenting Program
Parents as Teachers
CARES center has been created by one local passionate Pastor that currently work with our community's most vulnerable population in various fields of services in Bell county and Coryell counties in Texas.
​
The Pastor professes that the church was the original social agency and a front runner to the needs of the community. She has found in the church there has been identified a persistent gap in coordination and access between our vulnerable populations and the existing community resources that create health and stability in our beloved countries. She has identified that our low to moderate income families, homeless families, Veterans, Victims of Domestic Violence (and more) are struggling to manage multiple resources because coordination of services, information, time management, access by transportation and internet are a struggle.
​
Her answer to this community dilemma is a new concept on existing, effective resources. CARES Center will be a centrally located Resource Center for the most commonly needed services, permitting direct access to multiple programs with supportive case management.
​