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250,000 Children
Enter the foster care system every year in the United States
20,000
Age out of the system each year without being adopted.
In Missouri, there are
2,186 kids
In foster care waiting to be adopted. There are 8,973 churches.

Purpose

“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after widows and orphans in their distress” (James 1:27) We consider kids in foster care to be some of America’s most vulnerable citizens. We believe God calls us as a church and as a community to care for and look after each one of them. Fostering Hope exists to bring a community together to provide hope and support to the local foster care system. We believe that these are not the government’s children, but they are our children, and we as a community have the responsibility to care for them. Though children in foster care come from hard places, we, as an organization, refuse to believe that they are destined for a life of chaos and pain. This responsibility doesn’t end with supporting the individual child, it also lies in coming alongside the foster families that care for these children on a daily basis as well as the agency workers who are tasked each day with looking out for the well-being of each child in the foster care system. Our hope is that by coming alongside and supporting the foster care community as a whole we can make the biggest impact for these children. Fostering Hope is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All donations are greatly appreciated and are tax-deductible.

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800+

CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE SERVED ANNUALLY

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300+

FOSTER, RELATIVE, & KINSHIP HOMES SUPPORTED

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150+

CHILD WELFARE AGENCY WORKERS ENCOURAGED

Programs

Child

Focused

Caring Closet

Children often come into care with only a few belongings. Our Caring Closet locations provide for the basic needs of children in care.

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Hope Fund

The Hope Fund is a designated fund that allows us to help provide for the needs of children in care that are not covered by the state or other resources. This has included sports goggles, braces, dance lessons, and instrument rentals.

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Mentor Program

Our mentor program seeks to provide mentors to teens in care.

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Senior Pictures

Fostering Hope partners with local photographers each year to provide free photography sessions for teens in care who are graduating.

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Birthday Cards

Fostering Hope mails a personalized birthday card to each child in care.

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Book Program

Each month, new books are mailed to approximately 15 kids in foster care.

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Family

Focused

Meals

Prepared freezer meals are delivered to families when they take in a new foster placement.

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Mom's Craft & Coffee Night

Fostering Hope hosts a coffee night each month to provide foster and adoptive mom’s an opportunity to get together and encourage one another.

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Foster Parent Spotlight & Night Out

A night out is provided to one foster family per month.  Families are selected based on nominations and are highlighted on our Facebook page.

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Christmas of Hope

Through a partnership with Zimmer Radio’s Newstalk KZRG and the support of our community, Christmas of Hope provides gifts to children involved in the local foster care system.

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Agency

Focused

Snacks for Staff

Fostering Hope provides snacks during monthly all-staff meetings to local foster care agencies.

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Appreciation Cards

A personalized note of encouragement and appreciation is provided to selected agency workers each month.

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Appreciation Breakfast

An annual appreciation breakfast is held each November to honor and appreciate those that work within the foster care system.

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Staff Appreciation

Fostering Hope finds ways throughout the year to support and show appreciation to local agency workers.

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