Foster Care

TO PROVIDE CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES WITH A FOUNDATION OF SUPPORT AND SERVICES SO THEY CAN SUCCEED AT HOME, SCHOOL, AND IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

FOR OVER 150 YEARS, ST. VINCENT'S SERVICES, INC. (D/B/A HEARTSHARE ST. VINCENT'S SERVICES)(HSVS) HAS BEEN A SYMBOL OF HOPE, COMPASSION, AND STRENGTH FOR VULNERABLE AND UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES IN NEW YORK CITY. AS A SIGNIFICANT PROVIDER IN DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN AND THE GREATER NYC AREA, HSVS EMPOWERS OVER 6,000 YOUTH AND FAMILIES ANNUALLY TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES OF HOMELESSNESS, FAMILY CRISES, ADDICTION, MENTAL ILLNESS, AND POVERTY. HSVS SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FOSTER BOARDING HOME SERVICES, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE, HOUSING AND RESIDENTIAL SERVICES, AND INTERMEDIATE CARE SERVICES. THESE SERVICES TOUCH NEW YORKERS LIVING IN ALL FIVE NYC BOROUGHS.

MERCY FIRST, A SPONSORED MINISTRY OF THE SISTERS OF MERCY, INSPIRES HOPE AND PROMOTES HEALING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES BY PROVIDING QUALITY HUMAN SERVICES AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WHILE ADVOCATING FOR SOCIAL CHANGE.

FORESTDALE'S MISSION IS TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN HAVE THE ASSETS THEY NEED TO THRIVE: A SAFE AND LOVING HOME, EDUCATION AND CAREER OPPORTUNITY, AND HEALTH LITERACY.

WE UNITE FOR IDAHO'S YOUTH BY PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT NURTURE HOPE, HEALING, AND RESILIENCE.

LUTHERAN SERVICES IN IOWA'S MISSION IS BASED ON A CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY OF FAITHFUL SERVICE TO ALL OUR NEIGHBORS. OUR MISSION IS, INDEED, WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO: LUTHERAN SERVICES IN IOWA RESPONDS TO THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST THROUGH COMPASSIONATE SERVICE.

OUR MISSION IS TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN CULTIVATING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND LIFELONG CONNECTIONS

TO BUILD ON THE STRENGTHS OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES SO THEY FIND SAFETY, HOPE AND SUCCESS IN LIFE.

TO HELP SOLVE THE MOST CHALLENGING ISSUES FACING YOUTH AND FAMILIES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BY PROVIDING TAILORED SERVICES FROM COUNSELING AND THERAPY TO ALTERNATIVE PLACEMENTS WITH AN END RESULT OF PERMANENTLY CONNECTING OUR YOUNG CLIENTS WITH FAMILIES.

AT SAFY, OUR VISION IS TO CREATE THRIVING FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES WHERE EVERY INDIVIDUAL, REGARDLESS OF BACKGROUND OR CIRCUMSTANCE, CAN REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

WITH THE HELP OF THE COMMUNITY, WE PRESERVE FAMILIES WHEN POSSIBLE AND CREATE NEW FAMILIES WHEN NECESSARY.

Walden Environment dba Walden Family Services (Walden) is a nonprofit organization formed in 1976 to provide advocacy, out-of-home placement, and treatment services for children unable to remain in their own homes due to abandonment, abuse, or neglect. Waldens goal is to help stabilize children, youth, and families through community-based prevention and intervention services. Walden is a therapeutic foster family and adoption agency engaged in the recruitment, certification, and training of foster and adoptive parents; the careful placement of foster and adoptive children; and housing and life skills programs for youth transitioning out of foster care. Waldens funding comes primarily from federal, state, and county welfare programs. Each year, Walden provides services to roughly 1,478 children, youth, young adults, and families through an array of programs and services described here.

ONE FAMILY ILLINOIS ADVANCES THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN BY KEEPING SIBLINGS TOGETHER IN FOSTER CARE, EMPOWERING YOUTH, NURTURING STRONG FAMILIES, AND PARTNERING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITIES.

SAVIO BUILDS RESILIENT COMMUNITIES BY STRENGTHENING FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS. SAVIO WILL BE THE PREEMINENT CHILD AND FAMILY TREATMENT CENTER WHERE THE MOST CARING, CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE, AND EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES ENABLE FAMILIES TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS AND LIVE HARMONIOUSLY IN THE COMMUNITY.

See Schedule O for a full description

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES, ORGANIZATIONS, STATES AND THE NATION, SPAULDING FOR CHILDREN'S MISSION IS TO ASSURE THAT ALL CHILDREN GROW UP IN SAFE, PERMANENT FAMILIES AND HAVE THE HELP THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE.

Our mission is to provide our children and families with love, education and family based concurrent services. We feel honored to have served more than 19,339 children and youth during our 30 years of service.

FOSTER CARE AND COUNSELING OF SIGNIFICANTLY ABUSED AND TROUBLED YOUTH

KIDS CROSSING VISION IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND CARING HOME FOR EVERY CHILD. OUR MISSION IS TO STRENGTHEN FAMILIES TO THEY MAY PROVIDE THE BEST CARE TO THOSE CHILDREN ENTRUSTED TO THEM.

PROVIDE A SAFE TRAUMA FOCUSED PLACE FOR CHILDREN IN CRISIS, RESTORING INNOCENCE WHILE STRENGTHENING FAMILIES TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF ABUSE.

THE ORGANIZATION IS A PROFESSIONAL HOME FINDING AGENCY PROVIDING CHILDREN WITH A STABLE FAMILY UNIT. KERN BRIDGES YOUTH HOMES RUNS TWO GROUP HOMES FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN AND AN ADOPTION AGENCY.

UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN EMPOWERS CURRENT AND FORMER FOSTER YOUTH ON THEIR JOURNEY TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY THROUGH SERVICE-ENRICHED EDUCATION AND HOUSING PROGRAMS, ADVOCACY AND CONSISTENT RELATIONSHIPS WITH A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO CARE.

THE MISSION OF YOUTH HOMES IS TO HELP EVERY YOUTH FEEL SAFE, HAVE A SENSE OF BELONGING, AND FIND A PLACE TO CALL HOME.

Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation creates opportunities to build self-esteem and empower children and youth in foster care by funding social, athletic and educational activities and services to enrich their life experiences and ensure their successful transition to adulthood.

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BLOOM'S MISSION IS TO EMPOWER GEORGIA'S FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TO TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF CHILDREN IMPACTED BY FOSTER CARE.

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FAMILY ALTERNATIVES SUPPORTS RELATIONSHIPS AND ENHANCES ENVIRONMENTS THAT EMBRACE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN TRANSITION.

FOSTER VILLAGE BRIDGES THE GAP BETWEEN FOSTER FAMILIES AND A COMMUNITY THAT WANTS TO HELP, PROVIDING HOLISTIC SUPPORT TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES BY EQUIPPING, CONNECTING AND ADVOCATING FOR THOSE INVOLVED IN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM.

YOUTH ALCOHOL AND DRUG REHABILITATION BEHAVIORAL REHABILITATION.

Extraordinary Families helps children and youth in foster care to have the childhoods and futures they rightfully deserve. Our person-centered approach reduces childhood trauma, encourages safety and stability and empowers children and youth to thrive.

TO PROVIDE FOSTER CARE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABLED CHILDREN THROUGH A FOSTER CARESYSTEM

FAMILY CARE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH, INC. WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE LIVING ARRANGEMENTS UTILIZING FOSTER CARE, HOMEMAKER SERVICES, AND ADOPTION SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WHO MUST BE REMOVED FROM THEIR NATURAL HOMES AND PLACED ELSEWHERE. THEY ARE A SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY COMMITTED TO PROVIDING AN EXCELLENT STANDARD OF CARE AND CULTURALLY COMPETENT SERVICES, WHILE COMMUNICATING COMPASSION, EMPATHY, AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. THEY CREATE A NEED-FULFILLING ENVIRONMENT LEADING CLIENTS TO EFFECTIVE, RESPONSIBLE CHOICES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS IN THEIR LIVES.

Family Builders educates the community about the needs of waiting children, advocates on their behalf, and places children with permanent, secure families through adoption, and other forms of permanence.

PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER HOMES AND IS FOCUSED ON PROVIDING QUALITY AND EFFECTIVE CHILD WELFARE SERVICES THAT PROMOTE AND PERSERVE HEALTHY FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS.

YAS STRIVES TO PROVIDE CULTURALLY COMPETENT MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT, INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND CARE PLANNING SERVICES IN ORDER TO PREVENT OUT OF HOME PLACEMENT.

Community, family, child and transitional age youth centered treatment and development programs to ameliorate effects of trauma and support wellbeing, resiliency and psychosocial success of those served in the Baltimore metropolitan area. Participation with residents and professionals in building collaborative community capacity to respond with prevention and intervention services is our goal. Foster parents, unpaid tutors' mentors, full time agency staff, multi-disciplinary interns participate in our agency efforts to provide services and support to youth and families.

TO SERVE BOTH FAMILIES AND CHILDREN IN THE EFFORTS OF UNITING WITH ONE ANOTHER AND TO REPRESENT THEM IN THIS PROCESS, TO FOSTER BONDING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CHILDREN AND FAMILY, TO IDENTIFY AND ELIMINATE BARRIERS THAT KEEP CHILDREN AND FAMILIES APART, AND TO WORK TOGETHER WITH COUNTY AGENCIES TO SHORTEN THE TIME CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ARE INVOLVED IN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM.

THE MISSION OF SERENITY IS TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF CHILD ABUSE THROUGH PREVENTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES BY PROVIDING QUALITY FOSTER HOME, INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COUNSELING SERVICES AND ADOPTIONS.

TO PROVIDE FOSTER CARE FOR AMERICAN INDIAN CHILDREN FROM ALL OVER THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.

FOSTER HOME PLACEMENT AND CARE SERVICES TO CHILDREN IN NEED OF FOSTER PARENTS.

TO PROVIDE FOSTER CARE FOR NEGLECTED, ABUSED AND ABANDONED CHILDREN WITH LOVING AND CARING FOSTER PARENTS. WE TRAIN THE FOSTER PARENTS TO CARE FOR THE CHILDREN & PROVIDE TREATMENT SERVICES.

TO PROVIDE SHELTER, SUPERVISION, AND COUNSELING FOR CHILDREN IN CRISIS; TO COOPERATE WITH OTHER AGENCIES IN ORDER TO RESOLVE PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE WELFARE OF THESE CHILDREN; TO ASSIST THE FAMILIES OF THESE CHILDREN IN SEEKING POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THEIR PROBLEMS.

To alleviate the pain-points that make life unnecessarily difficult for foster parents and social workers. In other words: we think foster care if harder than it needs to be.

TREATMENT OF CHILDREN WITH ATTACHMENT DISORDER.

TO PROVIDE FAMILY-BASED TREATMENT SERVICES BY TRAINED FOSTER PARENTS FOR FOSTER CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO ARE EXPERIENCING EMOTIONAL DIFFICULTY. CARE IS PROVIDED UNTIL CHILDREN ARE RETURNED TO THE FAMILY OR ADOPTED.

Provide shelter to abused children removed from their homes by the Texas Child Protective Services Provide drug counseling and treatment to children suffering from addiction

RESIDENTIAL/CHILD PLACING AGENCY