Fostering Hope

Fostering Hope is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit committed to building stronger foster and adoptive families through training, mentoring, and church ministry development. Fostering Hope empowers families and church leaders who want to offer a holistic solution to the foster and orphan crisis while working with other community partners to achieve this goal.

$50
Provides two parent coaching sessions so parents can learn strategies that work with kids from hard places.
$150
Provides training for two babysitters so that a foster family can have a break and return energized.
$300
Allows a family to dive deep into the Science of Hope so they can experience hope and healing.

Financials

$408k
2021 Budget
63%Program Spend
30%Management Spend
7%Fundraising Spend
63%
30%
7%

Programs

Babysitting Certification

Foster Care Babysitting Training Certification

Foster families are in need of community support, and everybody can play a role! Become a part of a foster family’s support team by providing short-term childcare. When you sign up, you will go through the process of becoming certified and attend training that will give you the tools to care for a child in foster care.

Ministry Development

We need more foster families and people who support foster kids, families of origin, and foster/adoptive families. Church ministries can recruit new people to foster or be in a supporting role. This is desperately needed so that all children have a loving, healing home. About half of foster families stop fostering within the first year due to isolation and lack of support. This is detrimental to the children living with those families. Church ministries can help retain foster families by providing support and understanding how kids with trauma need a different kind of parenting.

Volunteering + Events

A Future + A Hope

A Future + A Hope Conference 2023 is all about creating spaces for our children – temporary or permanent, that welcome them home.

Bring a friend, spouse, or co-worker and save on ticket costs!

Ticket cost: $30- Single adult ticket/ $50- 2 adult tickets

Childcare is available at no additional cost. These spaces are limited and fill up very quickly. Childcare registration will close on February 13th, 2023, or until we reach capacity. This is an annual event that we will continue to update!

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