Fostering Healthy Futures 

Adoption Options partnered with The Kempe Center to expand the Fostering Healthy Futures Programs. These are evidence-based mentoring and skills training programs for youth and adolescents with child welfare involvement. We aim to empower these youth, promote healthy development, and improve their outcomes.

For the 2026-2027 program year, Adoption Options is serving 18 youth in the pre-teen programs. Through extensive research and evaluation, Fostering Healthy Futures for Preteens has been proven to have positive impacts related to: 

• Better mental health functioning
• Fewer trauma symptoms
• Less mental health treatment
• Lower rates of suicidality
• Less delinquency and involvement in the juvenile justice system
• Higher rates of permanency
• Fewer placement changes
• Less residential treatment
• Higher quality of life​

Adoption Options will also service 18 teens through the Fostering Healthy Futures for Teens program in 2026-2027. Research on the Fostering Healthy Futures for Teens program is ongoing, but preliminary outcomes suggest the program:

• Reduces delinquency and juvenile justice involvement
• ​Increases permanency

Placement and Permanency Outcomes

Fostering Healthy Futures programs help Adoption Options further our mission of embracing choices and enriching lives by increasing permanency for kids in foster care. 

Preteen Program has demonstrated:

71% reduction in residential placements

44% fewer placement changes

5x greater permanence

3x more adoptions

2x more reunifications

Teen Program has demonstrated:

7x's greater permanency

Get Involved!

This program requires a lot of support from our community!
Internship Opportunities: If you are interested in interning with the program, check out our opportunities here:

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Skills Group Meal Support: Our 2 cohorts of 9 preteens will meet weekly for a skills group, and we need your help to provide meals! If you've been looking for a way to support the work Adoption Options does, this is the one for you. Volunteers may also take care of organizing and delivering dinner for the youth and their mentors. Fill out the form below! 

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