Let’s Solve the Foster Care to Homelessness Crisis
Together, we can ensure not even one young person ages out of foster care without a safe place to call home and a promising future.
The Promise Campaign will fund a 2-year pilot that integrates:
- Safe, stable, affordable housing
- At least one committed adult mentor per youth
- Access to a Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) housing voucher
Pilot
500 homes for youth in a searchable repository
Proof of Concept
The My Housing Platform – an online solution to help youth find and secure housing
Statewide Replication
A network of trained mentors and supportive adults
National Scale
A scalable, data-driven model for California and the Nation
A Future Where Every Youth Has a Safe Place to Call Home
- Thousands of young people exit foster care each year without a stable home.
- Youth aging out of care are among the most at risk for homelessness.
- The Promise Campaign will raise $3 million to pilot and rigorously evaluate a scalable, replicable model to end this crisis nationwide.
They’re Not Statistics.
They’re Our Future.
All I want is a place to call home... without being scared of someone taking it away from me. Then I will be able to dream about what comes next in my life. My future, my goals.”
Alisha, young adult who aged out of foster care
Our Movement Has Begun
Social impact investors came together on October 7 for the launch of The Promise Campaign — united by one urgent goal: ensuring that no young person ages out of foster care into homelessness.
The Cost of Inaction Is Too High
#1
San Jose ranks #1 in the nation with the highest number of unhoused young adults (18-24).
75%
An estimated 75% of unhoused young adults in the Bay Area have experienced foster care, juvenile justice, or both.
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The housing crisis hits youth exiting care first — and the hardest.
WHY FOSTERING PROMISE
Fostering Promise is uniquely positioned to lead this work.
We center youth voices and young adults with lived experience
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We are a convener and silo-buster
We bring together diverse partners — housing developers, county and state leaders, tech innovators, faith communities, and funders — to build solutions no single system can accomplish alone.
We are laser focused and data-driven
We are singularly focused on solving the housing crisis for youth exiting foster care. Our approach is grounded in research, shaped by youth voice, and designed for long-term scale.
Your Promise Can Change a Life
Fostering Promise is uniquely positioned to lead this work.
Donate
Fuel this work.
Host or Attend an Event
Gather your community to learn and act.
Share the Campaign
Use our digital toolkit to spread awareness.
Partner With Us
Developers, faith communities, mentors, tech partners welcome.
Together, We Can End Youth Homelessness
Fostering Promise is uniting housing developers, faith leaders, policymakers, and mentors around one bold goal: to ensure every youth leaving foster care has a safe home, a caring adult, and a promising future.
I envision a place to call home without being scared of someone taking it away from me. I want to know what it’s like to live and not be terrified every single day of how I’m going to survive."
Alisha, young adult with lived experience in foster care
These commitments are bold but they are not symbolic. They are actionable and very necessary. Let’s be clear: This is one of the few areas of homelessness where we can truly say together we can solve this.