May is National Foster Care Awareness Month
This Foster Care Awareness Month, we’re celebrating something simple—and transformational: One Yes.
- One yes to becoming a parent
- One yes to support a family.
- One yes to give a young person the care, connection, and healing they deserve.
National Foster Care Statistics
A Closer Look at the Numbers
There are over 365,000 children and youth in foster care.
In 2021, 77 percent of eligible youth in foster care, ages 14–21 years old, left care without receiving the federally funded services necessary to prepare them for adulthood and independent living.
Your yes makes this possible.
Be the reason a youth can say: “I found my forever family.”
How You Can Help
Say yes to giving: Donate to support family placement, mental health services, and youth leadership.
Say yes to an event to raise awareness and show your support.
Say Yes to opening your heart to a youth! Learn more about becoming a YGB parent!
Say Yes to Social: Share your story or uplift ours on social media using #YouGottaBelieve and #FosterCareAwarenessMonth
SOLUTION
Connection to a permanent family is possible for all foster youth!
At You Gotta Believe, we focus exclusively on finding permanent parents and families for older kids in the foster care system.
IMPACT
- 47% less likely to be homeless
- 50% less likely to be arrested
- 23% more likely to finish high school
- 50% more likely to pursue college/post-secondary education
- 24% less likely to be unemployed
Meet Some of Our Families
Natasha and Sheldon
You Gotta Believe: Family Stories Natasha and Sheldon When Natasha and Sheldon came to YGB, they already had three children and a desire to provide
Carlos and His Dads
Josh and Skylar welcomed their new son Carlos to their family in 2019. The three have nonstop fun together, and Carlos is keeping them very busy!
The Bryant Family
In May 2015, Aleisha Braide-Bryant and her husband Anthony Bryant went from having just one child living under their roof — her biological teenage son, Mekhi — to six.
Join the movement
Every year, more than 20,000 youth age out of foster care without permanent family. YGB is changing that. With your help, we connect teens with loving parents, offer long-term support, and center youth leadership and voice every step of the way.
“Before YGB, I didn’t think family was something I could have. Now I know it’s something I deserve.” – Kimmy, Youth Advocate
Calendar of Events
Candid Conversations with YGB Advocates and Guests
YGB Instagram Live: Collaboration, Connection, Action & Team Building YGB’s Instagram Live, led by our Advocates, creates a safe and supportive space for former foster…
YGB Advocates Present: Open Mic Night for Foster Care Awareness Month
Open Mic Night amplifying the voices of current and former foster youth. Music, comedy, poetry, stories presented by YGB advocates. RSVP to attend here