BECOME A
FOSTER PARENT
CONSIDERING FOSTER CARE?
Explore free resources to begin your journey
GET INVOLVED AS A
business
Get Your businesses involved by offering discounts and services to foster parents
SUPPORT THROUGH YOUR
FAITH COMMUNITY
involve your church by wrapping around FOSTER families in need in your area
I BELONG PROJECT™
MEET THE KIDS
Watch I Belong Project™ videos to hear from kids in foster care seeking adoption
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FOSTER CARE IS HARD WORK
The need is urgent. There are not enough homes to serve as a safe space for the 8,800+ kids currently in foster care in Kentucky.
Nearly 50% of those homes close within the first year. Foster parents often cite “feelings of isolation” and “lack of support” as the leading causes.
We work to change this through programs targeting recruitment and retention so kids in care find stability, connection, and a place to belong.
Support foster parents to help them thrive
BECOME foster Friendly®
BECOME A FOSTER FRIENDLY® BUSINESS
Foster Friendly® Businesses use their unique products or services to benefit foster families. Generous companies show up for foster families by removing barriers to access their offerings. As a result, families build connection over meals together, create lifelong memories at local attractions, capture sweet moments during photography sessions, heal with the help of trauma-informed counselors and so much more.
Foster parents access offers through the innovative Foster Friendly® App. By downloading the app, foster and kinship families receive instant access to a growing network of support.
BECOME A FOSTER FRIENDLY® FAITH PARTNER
Each Foster Friendly® Faith community may look different, but they all have one thing in common: needs are met and lives are changed
Faith communities are uniquely positioned to serve. Many caring members feel ready, willing, and called to serve vulnerable populations. We invite faith partners to teach on foster care, become trauma-aware and start support ministries to walk alongside foster families in their area.
Foster Friendly® represents a transformative approach, bringing together businesses, churches, local governments and passionate individuals to create measurable, sustainable impact. Foster Friendly® Communities, collectively support foster parents so they are able to keep their homes open longer and better serve kids in their care, minimizing further trauma by creating safe, stable environments for healing and growth.
Transform your area into a nurturing haven for children in foster care and the families who embrace them.
THE I BELONG PROJECT™
MEET KIDS WAITING TO BE ADOPTED FROM FOSTER CARE
There are currently 650 kids waiting to be adopted in our state.
The I Belong Project™ uplifts the stories and voices of kids in foster care who are legally free for adoption. The professional, trauma-informed photo and video shoots are one part of an entire day designed for youth to have fun, play and just be kids. Capturing and sharing each story is done with the utmost dignity in the hopes that the resulting video profiles connect children with a family.
BECOME A FOSTER PARENT
CURIOUS
HEAR STORIEs. discover the need.
CONSIDERING
GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
COMMITTED
YOU AREN’T ALONE. FIND SUPPORT.
Kentucky’s Cabinet For Health and Family Services is your best resource for information about how to become a licensed kinship or foster parent. Learn more about current requirements on their site.
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