Every child belongs in a healthy, loving family. No other environment has proven to be better suited for or more effective at delivering the safety, stability, and care that is so vitally important to a child’s wellbeing.

Across the United States, however, a hidden crisis has been ravaging our communities. Each year, government child protection agencies are alerted to more than 7 million children who have experienced maltreatment. These reports have resulted in over 400,000 children being removed from their homes and placed in an overburdened foster care system. Too many kids are being separated from their families for preventable reasons.  Any amount of time spent in foster care is traumatic and has negative lasting consequences that put kids at high risk for devastating outcomes later in life.