Our Mission:
Together with communities, Foster America transforms systems that serve children, youth, and families by innovating for a more just, equitable future.
Our Values:
Five core values guide our work:
We acknowledge the current and historic impact of racism and other forms of oppression on children and families, and we are committed to ensuring all people have access to the resources and relationships that enable them to thrive.
We believe children, families, and communities know their own contexts best and can determine their own paths.
We believe in connected communities where every individual is safe, included, and able to use their voice to promote positive change.
We believe in connected communities where every individual is safe, included, and able to use their voice to promote positive change.
We advance solutions that are impactful, sustainable, and improve the lives of future generations.
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.
