On any given day there are more than 400,000 children in foster care. Over the course of a year nearly 700,000 children spend at least some time in foster care. Approximately 254,000 will leave foster care this year, nearly 128,000 will be reunified with their families, another 52,000 will find new loving families through adoption and 36,000 will stay with a guardian or with their families through kinship care. But at the same time 28,000 youth will leave foster care because they became too old and they “aged” out of foster care and 1500 will run away.
Hope City Church partners with and supports a few agencies that offer a range of foster and adoption services. We would like to act as a conduit between families who have a heart for this kind of ministry and the networks that can best facilitate. If you’d like to get involved in the foster community via either donation, foster family support, or fostering a child please see the information below.
Ways to get involved
WRAP AROUND CARE/ SHORT TERM SUPPORT
McKinley Family Services
McKinley provides a full range of services including short term residential care, education and mental health for youth, families and the community, along with foster care & adoption. You can get involved in wrap around care by becoming a mentor or volunteering.
CASA of California
A CASA, court appointed special advocate, is a caring adult who spends time in a mentoring relationship with a child who is part of the foster care system. Learn how to provide support and advocacy by contacting the local CASA agency in your county: casala.org, casasb.org, casaoc.org
CarePortal
Since 2015, CarePortal has enabled care-sharing: a method of collaboration that empowers people to share the responsibility of caring for people in need. We connect people who can help with people who need help.
Right now, in real-time. Churches and community members partner to ensure that children and families are helped.
If you’re already involved at some level, we want to know about it!
Please contact Kassandra to detail how you’re involved with Foster Care so your church family can better support you going forward.