Fostering Hope Florida

Making a difference in one child may not change the world, but it will change the world for that one child.

Here are some ways that Fostering Hope Florida is making a difference for foster children in the Tampa Bay Area:

Meeting Urgent Needs
Retaining Current Foster Parents
Recruiting New Foster Families
Mobilizing Volunteers
Raising Awareness
Advocating for Foster Children
Gathering Community Support

Changing foster care, one child at a time.

Programs

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Advocate

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Foster

Our Mission

Fostering Hope Florida is partnering with the community to create a compassionate system of foster care that honors and protects the rights of children. Join us in finding solutions.

Here are some of the things we're working on:

Keeping siblings together - Many children only get to see their brothers and sisters during scheduled visitations
Preventing placement disruptions - Often children in foster care move from home to home, some live in 20+ different places
Raising children in families - Due to the shortage of foster parents, many foster children are growing up in facilities instead of homes
Aging out foster youth - Many foster young adults age out of the foster care system with no support or mentors in their lives, leaving them up to their own devices. This lack of a support system leads to high rates of drug addiction, homelessness and incarceration.
Recruiting and retaining foster parents

Many foster children come from troubled homes and we work hard to offer foster parents the support they need to help these children. We strive to keep siblings together in one family – something that is vitally important to their development. Additionally, we provide services to children as they transition out of the system.

Stories from foster care

Did You Know?

There are more than 35,000 children in foster care in Florida today.
Sixty-six percent are under the age of 10, spending their critical early development years in an institutionalized setting.
Many children remain in foster care for three years or more.
Due to foster home shortages, children can be placed in up to 20 foster homes, until a permanent place for them is found. Many go to a different home each night, carrying their belongings in a garbage bag.
Siblings are often separated from one another indefinitely. The foster home shortage plays a large role in this unfortunate fact.

If You Love What We Do, Join Us.

With a monthly donation, (less than a daily cup of coffee), you help us do more, serve more, and grow our mission. Together we can build the compassionate system of foster care that our children deserve.

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