Fostering Wishes Partnerships
Fostering Wishes has various partnerships or alliances that all share a common interest in supporting foster children. If it were 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
A Better Way, Inc. works to strengthen families and provide support to vulnerable children. Their services include mental health programs, parent advocacy, transitional housing for young adults aging out of foster care, and family strengthening initiatives.
Since 1958, Agape Villages has served California’s most troubled foster youth. They remain committed to providing the very highest level of professional services to disadvantaged children and their families. Agape Villages is devoted to the people who choose to provide loving foster care for homeless and disadvantaged children to help recover and reshape their futures.
Alternative Family Services (AFS) is a nonprofit organization that has been providing stability and well-being to vulnerable children and families in Northern California since 1978. Their services include foster care, adoption, and mental health services.
Contra Costa County Children and Family Services (CFS) is the official county agency responsible for child welfare, including emergency response, family reunification, and foster care placement. CFS works directly with foster family agencies and community partners to ensure the safety and well-being of children throughout Contra Costa County.
EA Family Services is a foster family agency serving Northern California since 1983, including the Bay Area, that provides foster care and adoption services throughout Northern California, including Contra Costa County, with an emphasis on individualized support and caseworker consistency. They serve children from ages 0-17 in their foster care program and young adults 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.
Northern California Family Center (NCFS) 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 the agency; Foster Care,
Runaway/Crisis Program and Counseling Services. The counties that NCFC serves are Contra Costa and Solano Counties.