Each Step Home sends $10,000 weekly

Casey Revkin, a California mother and co-founder of the nonprofit Each Step Home, is sending more than $10,000 a week to families held at a Texas immigration detention center, according to a Washington Post report published on September 2. The money is used to fund commissary accounts for detained parents so they can buy food and basic supplies for their children. Each Step Home says the accounts help cover clean water, food children will eat, medicine, toiletries and phone calls to lawyers and relatives. ### Where is the money going? Texas family detention centers are the focus of the program described by Each Step Home. The group says one part of its work is “filling commissary accounts of parents and families in ICE detention centers” so they can buy essentials inside the facilities. Its website says detainees use commissary balances like store credit at an on-site store. (washingtonpost.com) The Washington Post said Revkin’s nonprofit sends the funds to families at a Texas detention center so they can buy food and other necessities through the commissary. A Washington Post social post carried the same description, saying the weekly amount exceeds $10,000. ### What can families actually buy with commissary funds? (eachstephome.org) Each Step Home’s commissary page gives specific examples of what the money is meant to cover. The group says $36 can buy four packs of water bottles, $20 can cover toiletries and medicine, $13 can buy a 12-pack of ramen noodles, and $7 can buy four boxes of macaroni and cheese. The same page says donations also support phone calls to lawyers and loved ones. (washingtonpost.com) Colorado Boulevard, in a May report on local fundraising tied to the group’s work, said Revkin described the need in similar terms. The publication quoted her as saying people are “horrified” to learn that children in the Dilley ICE detention facility may lack access to clean water, and said donations were being used for bottled water, menstrual products, toiletries and food. (eachstephome.org) ### Who is Casey Revkin, and what is Each Step Home? Each Step Home says it works to get children and families out of U.S. government detention and into “safe, loving homes and communities.” The organization lists support for family releases, commissary assistance, communication between detained parents and children, and passport-related logistics among its activities. (coloradoboulevard.net) NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth reported in May that Revkin said her experience as a mother helped shape the group’s work on behalf of families affected by immigration detention. Another NBC 5 report said volunteers around the country were supporting advocates including Revkin and Each Step Home. ### Why did this draw attention now? (eachstephome.org) The Washington Post published its report on September 2 and promoted it on social platforms the same day. The article focused on Revkin’s weekly transfers to families in detention and framed the effort around food and essentials for children. (nbcdfw.com) The group has also drawn media attention in recent months around Mother’s Day fundraising. Pointer Media reported that more than $35,000 had been raised to support detained mothers, while NBC 5 covered a surge of donations tied to that campaign. ### What happens next if someone wants to follow or support it? (washingtonpost.com) Each Step Home’s website directs donors to a commissary page that explains how detention-center store accounts work and lists suggested amounts for water, food and hygiene items. The organization also maintains an “About” page describing its detention-related programs and a press page tracking outside coverage of its work. (eachstephome.org) (pointermedia.org)