Our Work
From personal tragedy to powerful advocacy - Kourtney's journey of helping others
Kourtney's Fire Journey
When Kourtney Reppert lost her home in a devastating fire, she faced the harsh reality of being denied help when she needed it most. This life-changing experience opened her eyes to the systemic failures that leave vulnerable people - especially women and children - without support during their darkest moments.
Instead of letting this tragedy define her, Kourtney transformed her pain into purpose. She founded Kourtney Kares to ensure that no one else would have to face what she experienced - being abandoned by the very systems designed to help.
"FEMA denying me while I'm homeless... And that's a problem for me. Being taxed on money you are already taxed on... They leave us with NOTHING."
This personal experience became the foundation for everything Kourtney Kares stands for today.
Breaking New Ground
Kourtney's advocacy work has achieved several significant firsts in supporting disaster victims and vulnerable families
First Fire Victim Advocate
Breaking ground as one of the first disaster victims to transform personal tragedy into systematic advocacy for others facing similar denial of emergency assistance.
Pioneering ChangeFirst to Challenge FEMA Denials
Taking a stand against government systems that deny help to disaster victims, bringing attention to the gaps in emergency assistance programs.
System ReformFirst Holistic Victim Support
Creating comprehensive support that addresses not just immediate needs, but long-term recovery including mental health, financial stability, and systemic advocacy.
Complete CareFundraising Impact
Through Kourtney Kares, we've raised funds and awareness to help those who've been denied assistance
Survived & Documented
Supported
Who Need Help
Mothers Supported
How We Help People in Need
Our comprehensive approach to supporting those denied help by traditional systems
Disaster Relief & Recovery
When FEMA and other agencies fail, we step in. Supporting families who've lost everything and been denied help, providing immediate assistance and long-term recovery support.
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Single Mothers Assistance
Single mothers can't get access to any help, because illegals are getting all of it. And that's absolutely unacceptable. We provide direct support where government programs fail.
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Children's Support Programs
Addressing the needs of the 13 million American children facing food shortages and the crisis of child homelessness through direct intervention and advocacy.
Help Children
Advocacy & Reform
Fighting the systemic issues that caused all this. Poor leadership has left Americans to clean up the mess created by people who were never for Americans, for America period.
Join the FightFrom Victim to Advocate
Being abandoned and getting no help, no assistance, but shamed and called every name while I sacrifice everything - which his father got off all responsibilities for $473 a month, put me in a poverty position while he denied his own son for the fact he wasn't man enough to be a father.
"I've been stalked and have 400 death threats from my stalker, whole FBI report will be in the book. Yes I've been through it."
So this isn't just with heart, it's with first hand experience — and I'm not a victim. I am a women who can finally use her voice, for change over the horrible treatment I've endured by society in a world that tells women to sit down and stay quiet, even after all the laws and rules against women, have been lifted.
The Fight Continues
Understanding why this work is so important in the context of women's rights history
Women's Rights Timeline
Married Women's Property Act (New York)
Women gained the right to own property - a basic human right.
19th Amendment - Right to Vote
Women granted the right to vote after decades of struggle.
Violence Against Women Act
Federal resources to combat violence against women.
Kourtney Kares - Continuing the Fight
Using personal experience to advocate for systemic change.
Why This Matters Today
"I was born in 86. Women barely have been free citizens. Women have only been able to vote for a little over a hundred years yet... and how long has society been around? Unacceptable but at least it's progress."
So yea Kourtney Kares, knows just how much change needs to happen. A perfect time in history to be that voice for American mothers and children, especially being an autistic with extreme ADHD, which they call 2e and being forced to take all kinds of tests.
Help Us Continue This Important Work
Kourtney Kares: you can donate, you can write in, you can subscribe, send in money. Together, we can ensure no one faces what Kourtney experienced alone.