From Displacement to Dignity—Walking With Foster Youth
For most kids, turning eighteen means freedom. For many foster youth, it means losing the only stability they’ve known. Each year, hundreds of young people across the Central Valley age out of foster care without a family, a home, or a safety net. Within months, too many end up homeless, incarcerated, or struggling to survive on their own.
Our Valley Cares believes no young adult should face that transition alone. Through a Collaborative Impact Model, churches, nonprofits, and neighbors are working together to create stability that lasts. They’re connecting foster youth to mentors, transitional housing, trauma-informed counseling, and job training. Because belonging isn’t optional. It’s essential.
When Our Valley unites, foster youth don’t have to age out into isolation—they can age into community. From displacement to dignity. From surviving to leading. With support and care, today’s foster youth can become tomorrow’s leaders, workers, and neighbors.