Foundations Pre-Service Training
We provide a state-approved, pre-licensing training program required for families to become licensed foster parents in the state of Florida.
771 children served
Changing the way we care for families.
by connecting and empowering organizations, churches, and community partners to help families thrive.
Churches
How Your Church Can Help
- Recruit & Support Foster Families
- Train Family Support Volunteers
It takes compassion, courage, and determination to be a foster parent, and even when a foster family or kinship placement is found for a child, the family is often under-equipped and under-supported for the challenging work of foster care ministry, which leads to burnout.
At Fostering Our Future, we know it takes a village to care for and support vulnerable children and the families who care for them. We believe churches are uniquely equipped to help provide the wrap-around support, training, spiritual guidance, and pastoral care these children and foster families desperately need, which is why we partner with churches across Florida to help build and support foster care ministries.
- Call on your congregation and network
- Identify interested families and volunteers
- Provide families and volunteers with training and support
Foster Families
How We Help Support Foster Families
Fostering Our Future is committed to providing families who are called to foster with the tools, support, and education they need to provide a safe, nurturing, and loving home for children in crisis.
In-Service Training & Certification
Fostering Our Future Academy (FOFA) is a competency-based professional in-service training program for foster families and child welfare professionals.
Support Services
Not sure what resources are available to you as a foster parent? We can help connect you with additional support services in your area.
The Foster Care Crisis At A Glance
22,000+
foster children in the state of Florida
- There are over 5,400 children in out-of-home care in Central Florida
- 2/3 of children in foster care change families, schools, and/or communities 7 or more times
- The foster care system only has availability at any given time for 20% of the children who need a home
Foster Family Testimonials
We felt so defeated in the mainstream classes and support systems until we found Fostering Our Future, Julie, Bill, and their team. The classes brought real-life situations and principles, tangible advice, and allowed us to work at our pace with weekly gatherings to connect, share, review, ask questions, and have meaningful discussions.
The Christian-based classes with Fostering Our Future offer an enriching experience for individuals interested in becoming foster parents. Having previously fostered for fifteen years as well as co-training traditional MAPP/Pride classes, Fostering Our Future is truly a remarkable approach.
Our Impact
- 771
- Children Served
- 578
- Families Supported
Thank You
Donors & Partners
Thank you to our generous donors and partners for their ongoing support of our mission to improve the lives of Florida's foster children and help families in need find hope and a path to stability.
