Fostering Wishes Partnerships
Fostering Wishes has various partnerships or alliances that all share a common interest in supporting foster children. If it was not for these relationships Fostering Wishes could not provide the services our children need. It is through our work together that we can make meaningful and lasting change today and in the future.
Foster Family Agencies (FFA)
Since 1958, Agape Villages has served California’s most troubled foster youth. Agape Villages remains committed to providing the very highest level of professional services to disadvantaged children and their families; devotion to the people who choose to provide loving foster care for homeless and disadvantaged children to help recover and reshape their futures.
EA Family Services is a foster family agency serving Northern California since 1983, including the Bay Area. They serve children from ages 0-17 in their foster care program and teens aged 18-21 aging out of foster care through their THP+FC program. They serve more than 1,000 clients every year through their 15 offices and four group homes.
St. Andrew’s Residential Programs for Youth (S.T.A.R. Programs) was established in 1976 in collaboration with St. Andrew’s Church in Saratoga, California. S.T.A.R. currently operates a foster family agency with approved resource family homes, a transitional housing placement program for minors aged 16-17 who are learning independent living skills, and a transitional housing program for non-minor dependents, aged 18 to 21, working their way to living independently in the community.
Northern California Family Center is a nonprofit, licensed Foster Family Agency that has been serving the needs of youth and families for over 43 years. Northern California Family Center offers three programs within tagency; Foster Care, Runaway/ Crisis Program and Counseling Services. The counties that NCFC serves are Contra Costa and Solano County.
Public School Districts
Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Ramon Valley Unified School District (SRVUSD) stands among the highest-achieving school districts in California. With approximately 30,000 students, the District continually maintains graduation rates in excess of 96%. Approximately 50-60 kids in the SRVUSD are identified as homeless or in foster care, and SRVUSD has a tremendous amount of support in place to meet their needs.