SAMHSA's mission is to lead public health and service delivery efforts that promote mental health, prevent substance misuse, and provide treatments and supports to foster recovery while ensuring equitable access and better outcomes.
With a former foster youth as founder, Watch Me Rise offers trainings, support groups, a podcast and more.
Tori grew up in the foster care system, a bi-racial child in a confusing and volatile world. Now an adoptive and biological mom herself, she is dedicated to foster care reform, adoption advocacy, and help for vulnerable populations.
A memoir on the resilience, grit, and determination of one foster care kid who realizes the importance of education and chooses to push through many obstacles.
Through playful, charming rhyme and vivid, fantastical illustrations, When God Made You inspires young readers to learn about their own special gifts and how they fit into God’s divine plan as they grow, explore, and begin to create for themselves.
"This is a beautiful book, filled with hope. You'll cry and laugh along with Carley as she learns to lower her defenses enough to love--and, more surprisingly, be loved. It's a story you'll long remember." —Patricia Reilly Giff, Newbery Honor-winning author
Untangling Hope is a contemporary Middle Grade novel with a refreshingly honest portrayal of foster care. This grace-filled, coming-of-age story is a journey of loss, resilience, and healing.
When the heart gets hurt, who will help it become whole again? Ideal for children ages 4 to 8, The Heart Who Wanted to Be Whole weaves together a powerful message for each of us: No matter how overwhelming our emotions feel, God’s words of truth and light can always put our hearts back together again.
A gently told and tenderly illustrated story for children who have witnessed any kind of violent or traumatic episode, including physical abuse, school or gang violence, accidents, homicide, suicide, and natural disasters such as floods or fire.
This program is funded by organizations, individuals and families across the country, giving them the opportunity to help fund foster youths’ postsecondary education so they can achieve brighter futures.
Dream Makers is on a mission to change the lives of youth who have aged out of foster care by connecting the community to their needs.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation advances practices and policies that improve the lives of children, young people and families. They are an authoritative source for foster care statistics.
