Supporting Foster Families in the Carolinas
Support that makes a difference
Fostering the Family offers comprehensive, compassionate support for foster, adoptive, and kinship families. Our holistic wraparound care model is designed to strengthen connections, deliver vital resources, and provide supportive services. Discover how we serve families through each stage of their journey.
%
Of Foster Parents quit after 1 year
%
Of Foster Parents are still fostering after 2 years when they have a reliable support system
There are over 3,300 children in the foster care system in South Carolina
The need is great
We’re commited to empowering families to continue their call to foster, but we need “Legacy Shapers” like you on their team.
How Can Fostering the Family Help You?
Explore the ways your involvement, whether through your faith community, organization, or as an individual, can bring hope and support.
Learn about partnership opportunities and how to access our services for those who need it.
For Churches
Family Advocacy Ministries
Churches looking to get involved with Fostering the Family can do so through a step-by-step model called Family Advocacy Ministries (FAMs). FAMs create much-needed support for foster, adoptive, and kinship families in crisis.
Your church’s FAM can support vulnerable children and their families through:
- Care Communities
- Our Tangible Need Portal
- Our Annual Stand for Children Prayer Walk
- Supporting our Mission
Care Communities
A Care Community is a wraparound support team for a foster, adoptive, or kinship family and their children. This team provides regular and ongoing practical help such as weekly check-in calls, meals, babysitting, transportation, tutoring, help with chores, yard work, respite care, and more.
Tangible Needs Portal
Providing a user-friendly platform that connects overwhelmed biological, kinship, foster, and adoptive families with tangible needs to people, churches, and organizations looking to help within the community.
For Community
Businesses
Invest in Your Community’s Future
- Meet tangible needs via our online portal.
- Sponsor impactful family events to create a community among foster, adoptive, and kinship families.
- Establish an employee giving initiative.
- Provide essential in-kind donations to our events or operations.
- Financial support for our essential operational expenses, enabling us to efficiently deliver our programs and services.
Nonprofits
We believe in the power of collaboration. Join us in supporting foster, adoptive, and kinship families by:
- Referring families- Connect families you serve with our specialized programs.
- Sharing our mission- Amplify our message within your network and community.
- Co-hosting events-Partner with us to share event costs and expand community outreach.
- Collaborating on programs- Work together to provide comprehensive support at every stage of the fostering journey.
Individuals
Every act of kindness can make a profound difference. Explore ways to contribute:
- Give your time: Volunteer to mentor, tutor, or provide practical support.
- Meet tangible needs: Purchase tangible items requested directly by families in need.
- Spread the word: Share our mission with your community.
- Support our mission: Become a recurring monthly donor so we can continue to provide programs and services to families that need it most.
Need Support?
I need a Care Community
Request a Care Community
I Need Help With Services
Talk to Us
I Have Tangible Needs
Schedule a Call
Testimonies
Candice
(Foster & Adoptive Parent)
Through my fostering and adoption journey, having a Care Community has been amazing! The volunteers are the literal hands and feet of Jesus! They lend an ear when I need to vent. They offer up prayers and wise words of advice. They bring meals when the whole house is sick. They extend grace when you feel like you can’t get anything right in the world. They come hold babies in the hospital so you can go grab a shower and feel human again. They bring healing, peaceful hugs and celebratory cheers when the adoption comes through. They are a lifeline when family and other friends don’t get your heart for fostering and adoption. They urge you to keep pushing when the rest of the world tells you to give up and walk away. We are incredibly blessed to have village of support and we have Fostering the Family to thank for it!
Beverly
(Care Community Leader & Donor)
I am the Care Team coordinator at Founded in Truth. We support our pastor Matt and his wife Jenny in their role as foster parents to two small children. My main duty is to direct support to them through prayer, meals and any other events that might pop up. This work has provided me with an opportunity to join the body of Chirist in an amazing way. Those who provide meals and prayers are always willing to jump in and help. If the family needs help at their home or with babysitting, the team is there. Watching the body of Christ work together as a unit is an encouragement not only to the family, but also to those who have agreed to offer a helping hand. I can truly say that it has been worth every minute I have participated with the team and his family. I am grateful for the opportunity.
We can show you how to take tangible steps to Make A Lasting Difference!
Fostering the Family partners with churches all over South Carolina! You can view our current partners below. We’re actively working to connect with new churches, so please contact us if you’d like to get involved with our mission.
East Cooper Baptist Church
Matlock Baptist Church
https://www.matlockbaptistchurch.org/
Republican Baptist Church
https://www.republicanbaptist.org/
Fairview Presbyterian
https://www.fairvieweco.com/worship
Southeastern Children's Home
PS I Love You Ministries
https://www.psiloveyouministries.com/
First Baptist Spartanburg
Church at the Mill - Moore
churchatthemill.com
Church at the Mill - Woodruff
churchatthemill.com
Church at the Mill - Lake Cooley
churchatthemill.com
First Baptist Belton
White Plains Baptist
Beech Springs Church
Hopewell Baptist
https://www.hbcanderson.com/
Concord Baptist
https://www.concordbaptist.com/
First Baptist Honea Path
https://honeapathfirstbaptist.snappages.site/
Calvary Baptist Simpsonville
Faith Alive Church
https://www.faithalivechurch.us/
Christ Fellowship Cherrydale
https://www.cfcherrydale.com/
Crossings Community
Riverland Hills
First Baptist Church Columbia
https://fbccola.com/
Harmony Baptist Edgemoor
Steele Creek Presbyterian
steelecreekchurch.org
Good Shepherd Church
https://www.gscharlotte.org/
Lake Wylie Christian Assembly
https://www.lwchristian.com/
Antioch International
https://www.aicchurch.com/
First Associate Reformed Presbyterian Rock Hill
https://firstarp.org/
Founded in Truth Fellowship
