Foster America works with a network of partners at every level of the child and family well-being ecosystem. Our role is to connect, align, and support leaders across sectors—so systems work better for families.
Parents, young people, and community leaders who co-design solutions and guide decision-making.
Foundations and donors who invest in prevention, innovation, and long-term systems change.
State and county agencies working to redesign prevention systems, funding structures, and family support pathways.
Organizations, researchers, and networks helping to share learning, influence policy, and scale effective approaches.
Foster America was founded to create an alternative to a child welfare system that too often responds after harm occurs—by testing new approaches, learning from communities, and building prevention-first systems that keep families together.
We partner with communities and governments to shift foster care and child welfare systems toward prevention-first approaches. By centering lived experience and aligning partners, funding, and learning, we help build solutions that address root causes and create systems change that lasts.
In 2026, Foster America marks a decade of building an alternative to a child welfare system rooted in crisis—and proving that families thrive when support comes early, with dignity, and led by community.
