Why We've Come Together

Our Motivation

Every day 21,000 children live without a stable family in Los Angeles county.  Their desperation is our motivation.   They need mentors. They need advocates. They need families.   They need hope.  

God’s Word emphasizes the significance of caring for orphans.  In the United States, the abused and neglected children who enter the foster care system are our nation’s “orphans.”  We have joined together as a COALITION to better serve these children by equipping the local church for foster care mission work. 

Our Mission

Our mission is to train two "Ambassadors" from every church in Los Angeles County who want to learn more about the foster care system and its children.  We equip these leaders with knowledge and resources through our Ambassador Training.  These leaders return to their congregation to empower interested people to participate in foster care ministry.  

Are you interested? We invite you to become an Ambassador from your church and attend our Training and  Info Fair. 

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What We Provide

We equip appointed church Ambassadors with a basic understanding of the LA County foster care system through our interactive, expert-led Ambassador Trainings.  The COALITION also provides foster care ministry Info Fairs for friends, church members and pastors to attend.   At Info Fairs we educate on the variety of ways to serve in this local mission field.  For example:

• Volunteer at a youth club or summer camp
• Advocate for the educational needs of a child
• Become a foster or adoptive parent
• Pray daily for a foster child by name
• Drive a foster child to your church Sunday school 
• Mentor a teen "aging out" of the foster care system
• Set up a "care calendar" for foster families
• Provide tangible goods & assistance to foster families
• Volunteer as a monitor for court-ordered family visits
• Teach a job skills/life skills class for emancipated youth
• Provide an emancipating youth with a job internship
• Provide tutoring to school age children in foster care