Why Hope and Home is the Right Choice

Why Choose Hope & Home

Hope & Home is the only agency that nurtures foster parents as much as foster children.

Love to Nurture Training

All Hope & Home foster parents receive Love to Nurture training for free! Our gentle approach to raising kids has received praise from state officials and is just one reason why our foster parents have such successful relationships with the children they care for and, in many cases, adopt.

Reachable Staff

When you call Hope & Home, you will speak with a live person ready to address your needs. We also have an on-call phone that allows us to place children and handle your emergencies 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Zoondoogle Factory

Hope & Home’s Zoondoogle factory is a glow-in-the-dark, elaborately decorated room where children can cash in their earned “Zoondoogle” currency for toys and prizes.

“Ta’s Place”- Our Very Own Playground

When the summer sun is out and movie theaters just don’t do the trick, we have “Ta’s Place.” Kids are invited to climb, slide, and run around on our giant playground.

Foster Care Plus

From helping you through the first few days of a child’s arrival to helping sort out your paperwork, our “foster care plus” team will advocate and troubleshoot for you. It’s important to us that our foster parents never feel alone.

Soft Lights and Beautiful Murals

Many people who come to Hope & Home do so under very difficult circumstances – whether it’s a child who was just separated from their family or a couple who’s suffered the heartbreak of infertility and are looking at their adoption options. We have intentionally designed the interior of our building to feel warm and inviting so all can be as comfortable as possible.

Adoption Support

It costs Hope & Home thousands of dollars to certify just one foster family. For this reason, some agencies prohibit their foster families from adopting any of the children they care for to prevent the families from “retiring” and quitting foster care.

At Hope & Home, fully half of our families each year will “go inactive” because they have adopted and their households are complete! We celebrate every family who gives a child a “forever home” through adoption, and we honor their permanent place in our extended family.

Hope & Home University

Our families receive the finest training for local and remote families alike. Depending on how far you are from Hope & Home’s physical “hub,” you can decide to take classes at our on-campus university or utilize the online training track.

A Spectacular Fashion Show

For 20 years, Hope & Home has hosted a Fall fashion show fundraiser where foster kids dress up as what they want to be when they grow up and stomp the runway. You and your guests will get to experience the joy of watching their spirits lifted as they sparkle in the bright and colorful spotlights.

Complete with entertainment, a mixer, and wonderful food — it’s an event that you will truly won’t want to miss.

Jericho Java

During training classes and support groups our specially trained teen baristas fire up our coffeehouse-quality espresso machine and offer everything from caramel frappuccinos to lattes and smoothies–and the drinks are on us! However, we do urge that you leave a tip for our foster teens who work there.

Elaborate Holiday Parties

We always have our annual Christmas party for our kids (featuring Santa, of course!) and an elegant dinner for foster parents so Mom and Dad can enjoy a “date night” during the holidays.

The Woodsum Daniel Store

This is where brand-new comfort items such as blankets and pajamas can be “shopped for” by little ones who’ve had to leave behind everything they own. It is also where foster parents can go within the first 24 hours of a placement and take anything they may need.

Summer O' Fun

We treat summer with respect around here! Hope & Home kids and adults know what summer is made for: cookouts, ice cream, pool parties, baseball, bounce houses, and fun! Each summer we host multiple bashes to enjoy the warm air and free time.

What People Say About Hope & Home

The ongoing education and care is outstanding, and the focus given especially to new foster parents is unparalleled. If you want to be a successful foster family, go to Hope and Home, and nowhere else.

Amazing organization! Completely changes your perspective on Foster care. Loving, caring, and supportive people.

Easily the most wonderful organization I have ever been a part of. A place where they support their foster parents and truly care about the children.

If you are looking to partner with an agency whose foundation is built on principles such as love, connection, service, grace... Hope & Home is the absolute right fit!

Best foster care agency. They're supportive of foster parents and the staff cares about what they're doing. The kids are first and foremost.

The staff is truly amazing. They work very hard to help you in any situation that may arise and you come to think of them as friends rather than agency workers. They offer tons of support, training, really anything you need.

Amazing group of people that help give dignity to children in need!