Support post-adoption families and young adults aging out of the foster care system.

The Foster Care Crisis is a community-wide problem requiring a community-wide response.

Our Vision

At Grafted Families, we believe in the power of permanency. We’re doubling down on the “long-haul,” bridging the gap between the foster care system and a flourishing adult life.
No child should grow up without a “forever root system” and no young adult should have to face the complexities of life alone.

Watch the Annual Fundraiser video to hear the vision and story behind our new name.

Get Involved

Your community can make a difference.

We provide tools and opportunities for organizations to serve families and children in need. The foster care system is vast and complex but with easy on-ramps for volunteers, organizations can serve vulnerable families and children.

Watch the overview video

The Need

Foster Care is a community wide problem needing a community wide response.

Everyone can do something.

  • 27.9% Drop out rate for high school foster youth
  • 80% of youth who entered foster care at age 12 or older leave the system through emancipation
  • 40% experience homelessness upon aging out of the foster care system
  • 60% of USA native-born human traffic victims are foster youth

CarePortal is an online platform that brings the needs of hurting children and families in our community to the church’s attention.

Pray, serve, and give to children and families in crisis.

Family Camp

Join us July 31-August 2
Redwood Christian Park (in Santa Cruz Mtns)

Family Camp is a special weekend designed for foster, adoptive, relative caregiver, and kinship families to have fun, reconnect, and be refreshed together. Camp is made possible because of the many hands volunteering their time. Help make camp memorable by joining us for the day or for the weekend!

Upcoming Events

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Recent Blog Posts

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By Hannah Ly, LMFT Why Safety Planning Matters Having a plan during a threatening or stressful situation is a reliable way to ensure members of your household stay safe. In this blog, I will walk you through: Consistency Creates Safety For a plan to work, it does need to be followed consistently. This helps the…
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The Church Supporting Hurting Families

By Danielle Gruba At its core, the Church is made for community: shared meals, check-in calls and prayers, childcare, family-centered ministries, fellowship wrapped in grace. A community built on showing up for one another, walking through life together, and carrying each other’s burdens. And yet, why do so many families still feel isolated and burned…
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