The number of children and youth in the child welfare system has surged in the last two decades to more than 500,000.
That’s half a million displaced young people, uprooted by family troubles they did not cause, cannot change, and may never fully understand.
They are put in foster care to keep them safe. To grow into the people they want to be, they must also feel known and loved and connected—to family and friends, to their community or tribe, and to their culture.
Please join us in the search for better ways to create security for youth in out-of-home care.