FOSTER A CHAMPION'S FUTURE

YOUR GENEROUS DONATION WILL HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF MANY. GIVE TODAY.
With almost half a million American children in foster care, we need everyone’s help volunteering. Become a part of a volunteer movement that is changing the way kids experience the foster care system. Through team building and service projects, our volunteers make positive contributions to children who live in their communities.

Help foster the future.

Blessing Baskets

Community Involvement

Mentorship

Champion Housing

WHY FOSTER KIDS?

THERE ARE MORE THAN 5500 KIDS IN VIRGINIA'S FOSTER CARE SYSTEMS

75%

OF FOSTER GIRLS GET GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE

5%

OF CHRISTIANS AND CHURCHES ARE INVOLVED IN FOSTER CARE

5,800

CHILD ABUSE INVESTIGATION ARE HELD IN VIRGINIA PER YEAR

60%

OF FOSTER BOYS WHO AGE OUT OR ARE LEGALLY EMANCIPATED HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF CRIME. 20% OF ALL FOSTER TEENS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY AGE 21.

40%

OF FOSTER TEENS ARE HOMELESS BY 21

YOU CAN CHANGE THE FOSTER TEENS LIFE BY PARTNERING WITH FOSTERING CHAMPIONS

70%

OF FOSTER Girls Are Pregnant BY Age 21

3%

OF FOSTER TEENS GRADUATE COLLEGE

50%

OF FOSTER TEENS WHO AGE OUT WILL DEVELOP A Substance DEPENDENCY

45%

OF FOSTER TEENS
ARE OLDER THAN 13

50%

OF FOSTER TEENS GAIN STABLE EMLOYMENT

WSLS NEWS ANCHOR, JENNA ZIBTOM
REPORTED,

“ACCORDING TO DATA FROM VOICES FOR VIRGINIA’S CHILDREN, VIRGINIA’S REMAINED ONE OF THE THREE WORST STATES FOR KIDS AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE WITHOUT A PERMANENT CONNECTION FOR A DECADE. GILBREATH SAID IT’S 20% OF KIDS AND DATA SHOWS THEY’RE MORE LIKELY TO NOT GO TO COLLEGE, HAVE POOR WORKFORCE OUTCOMES, AND HIGHER RATES OF INCARCERATION.”