Foster the Family

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We show up for vulnerable children and the families welcoming them with
intentional and consistent community and support.

The Crisis

391,000
Children in Foster Care
and only
208,823
Foster Homes
These are the numbers of a national foster care crisis. Of the families who will say “yes” to opening their homes to vulnerable children, about 50% will end up closing their doors within the first year.

At Foster the Family, we provide immediate, practical support and ongoing, holistic care to families welcoming vulnerable children through foster, adoption, and kinship care.

How we help

Placement Packages
Support Groups
Kids' Day Out
Family gatherings

Immediately after welcoming a child into the home, Foster the Family delivers practical necessities to the doorstep of the family.

Our FosterCare Packages include everything a child–from new clothing, pajamas and school supplies to formula, diapers and comfort items–as well as a meal for the entire family.

Foster the Family believes children should be welcomed into homes with dignity and belonging.

Monthly, peer led meetings for foster, adoptive, and kinship moms include a video training and guided, small group discussion.

Our goal is for foster parents to leave feeling equipped, connected, and supported as they care for the children in their homes

Kids Day Out offers caregivers a 3 hour block of free childcare that includes crafts, games, activities, and a meal, in a safe, fun, trauma-informed environment.

All children in the home, ages 0-10 , are welcome!

We host gatherings throughout the year to offer connection and fun to foster, adoptive, and kinship families.

Our gatherings include Schools Out Swim Night, Johnson Farm Family Night, Fasola Park Family Night, Valentine giveaways, Mothers Day gatherings, Fall Fest, and a family friendly 5K fundraiser.

Vulnerable children and the families welcoming them should be supported from the first moments of welcoming a child, throughout the placement, and beyond.

We imagine a system where the families welcoming children are supported by the church and community surrounding them, and where homes become places of belonging and healing for vulnerable children.

Foster the Family offers local support in six states - from the first vulnerable moments of welcoming a child, throughout the placement, and beyond - through placement packages, support groups, trainings, and special respite and family events.

In over 90 locations, we offer community-based, trauma-informed support groups, critical needs items, and resource connections.

Anyone is also welcome to attend our only faith-based gathering, Filled, which consists of teaching, practical workshops, and curated refreshment and fun. This is an annual event joining together a community of over 1200 women across the country and beyond.

Foster the Family is a nonprofit organization founded on Christian principles and serves all families regardless of religion or any other factor through faith based and non-faith based programs.
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