According to CNBC, the average family with children in elementary through high school will spend nearly $900 on back-to-school items this year. 🤯 For children and families experiencing foster care, that number can feel absolutely insurmountable. As a foster parent, there’s no financial support from the system to help cover these back-to-school expenses. It’s a massive barrier—and one of the reasons 50% of foster homes close within their first year. It’s just too hard. That’s where we come in. Our programs walk alongside foster families, offering consistent, wraparound support—and it changes everything. Foster homes stay open longer when they’re supported. In fact, 72% of caregivers in our Love Box program® report that our support has helped them continue to keep their homes open. This year, our goal is ambitious but necessary: 🎒 Provide every child and family in our programs—and on our waitlist—with back-to-school supplies, including a brand new outfit. But we can’t do it without you. You can support in two simple ways: 🎁 Shop our Amazon Wishlist – gift an item (or a few!) directly to a child in foster care. 💸 Make a monetary donation – $10, $50, $100, $250, $1,000… every dollar makes a difference and will be doubled with SAP's match! SAP - Thank you for believing in and investing in this critical, life-changing work. Together, we can help families stay together—and help kids feel confident, seen, and prepared.
