Helping with the
Messy, Crazy YES!

Foster the Family is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting foster and birth families in our community by providing essential resources and creating spaces for support and education, all while fostering a caring community where every child has a loving home.

Families supported
Cozy Cases packed
Counties served
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Children needing a home
Our Organization

Removing Roadblocks

The mission of Foster the Family is to fill a gap and remove a roadblock of saying no to a foster child needing a home and family. We will love, encourage and build up foster and birth families in our community through support and providing for physical and tangible needs.

Our vision is that foster and birth families have a Christian community who supports them as they reunite families and care for God’s children by supplying material items and necessities for families, sustaining ongoing services for foster and adoptive families and equipping people to engage in caring for children and families in need.

Our Services

Comprehensive Support for Foster Families

01.
Large Item Loan Library

Access essential items for foster placements with ease.

02.
Cozy Cases

Comfort kits for children during their transition.

03.
Community Events

Connect, engage, and support local foster families.

04.
Family Support Programs

Support initiatives for foster and birth families.

05.
Excellence

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06.
Commitment

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Our Reason

Unique Support for Foster Families

Our programs are designed and executed with the help of local families who understand the unique challenges foster families face.

Immediate Assistance

We provide essential items to foster families, ensuring they have everything they need right at the start of a placement.

Nurturing Comfort for Kids

From Cozy Cases to our loan library, we create a sense of belonging and comfort for every child in transition.

What They Say

Real stories from your community

Our first call as foster parents was for a newborn baby. At the time, we were better set up for preschool and elementary aged kids. We had less than 24 hours to get everything we needed to bring the little guy home. We ended up at Target buying over $500 worth of baby supplies that night. These Target runs were almost daily for the next couple of weeks while we tried to figure out a newborn baby. Fortunately, we had the finances available to do this, but what if we hadn’t?

This is the gap Foster the Family fills. By maintaining a library of big ticket items, we aim to provide a way for foster families to get what they need without having to spend a dime. This opens up the doors to say yes to more calls. We also aim to provide a Cozy Case full of supplies to help get through the first couple of days to children in new foster placements.

Jessica Hansen

When we took our first ever foster placement, the last thing we wanted to think about was finding a crib and a car seat. We unfortunately had to spend more time finding a crib than we did talking and praying with our family about the situation. The next morning I had to wake up early and run to Wal-Mart to purchase a car seat before making it to work. Foster the Family can alleviate the stress of having to find or purchase critical items, and foster families will have so much stress taken off of them in those first 24 hrs that are some of the most difficult/stressful.

Langdon Devine
Our Major Supporters
Clear Lake Evangelical Free Church logo
Zion Clear Lake logo
Rotary Club of Clear Lake, Iowa logo
Kingland logo
CL Tel logo
Make a difference

Join us in supporting foster families today!

Together, we can create loving homes and brighter futures for foster children and their families.

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