Fostering Hope Florida
Creating a compassionate system of foster care that honors and protects the rights of children.
With your support, Fostering Hope Florida has served the foster community in the greater Tampa Bay area for over 20 years.
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
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 Things We Are Working On:
Keeping siblings together
Many children only get to see their brothers and sisters during scheduled visitations.
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.
Preventing Family Disruption
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
Recruiting and retaining foster parents
Interested parties can reach out to us to learn how to become foster parents. We will guide them along this exciting journey.
Foster Facts
Did You Know?
There are more than 20,000 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.
Programs
Current Initiatives & Projects
Making a Difference
We are changing the foster care system one child at a time, and you can be a part of our village.
Goal: $50,000 in recurring monthly donations
Volunteer Opportunities
We have all sorts of volunteer opportunities from our Fostering Kidz Closets to special events and more.
Goal: 10 more volunteers this month
Education
Find out how you can help the foster families in your community. Tap into the many resources we offer here.
Goal: Create a compassionate system through education
If You Love What We Do, Join Us.
With a monthly donation, equivalent to less than the price of 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.
Fostering Hope Florida is an official charitable organization #96377 under the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). Active or retired Federal employees can select Fostering Hope Florida as their charity of choice.
Fostering Hope Florida, PO Box 1632, Clearwater FL 33757 | (727) 688-5328
Fostering Hope Florida, Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization located in the State of Florida
Compliance letter from the State of Florida.
A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE (800-435-7352) WITHIN THE STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.