No child should enter foster care because their family is in a poverty crisis.
Monthly support allows us to act quickly when a family is in a poverty crisis, so children can stay safely with the people who love them.
Your monthly support helps families stay together during a poverty crisis
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The families we serve are facing a temporary poverty crisis — not abuse or neglect.
Nationally, 63% of removals cite neglect, and 9% cite housing as the primary reason for foster care. Too often, these labels reflect poverty and unmet basic needs. We step in early with rapid, personalized support so children can stay safely at home..
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At Together with Families, we believe relational health is part of physical health.
A child’s well-being depends on strong, supportive relationships and stable living conditions.
Our public health approach helps families meet their children’s basic needs before a poverty crisis becomes the trauma of family separation, supporting the whole family so children can stay safely at home and families can build stability that lasts for generations.
How We Work with Families to Keep Children Safely at Home
Four ways we support families so a temporary poverty crises do not separate children from their families.
Emergency Support
Preventing foster care caused by poverty with rapid and personalized support.
A temporary crisis of poverty should never separate a child from their family. We respond quickly with emergency support for basics like food, housing, transportation, health care, and child care, so children can stay safely at home with their parents or relatives, not enter foster care because their family cannot afford basic needs.
Community Healing
Building trusted relationships, practical support, and family leadership so families are not alone.
Family Café gatherings bring families together around a shared meal where parents, caregivers, children, and youth build community and support.
After the meal, children and youth take part in their own activities while parents gather in small conversations. Over time, families build friendships, develop practical skills, and strengthen the support that helps them stay steady through difficult seasons.
Youth Wellness & Education
A place for high school teens living with relatives to heal, grow, and belong.
Our KinRise program is a weekly drop-in space for high school teens living with relatives in kinship care experiencing poverty. Teens receive counseling, tutoring, mentoring, and life skills, supported by adults who show up consistently and help them stay on track in school and build strong futures.
Family Leadership
Equipping parents, relative caregivers, and youth to support families and advocate for change.
Our Grow Together Apprenticeship is a nine-month paid leadership pathway for parents, relative caregivers, and youth who have completed our programs. Apprentices build leadership, advocacy, and job skills, while working alongside Together with Families staff to support other families and help prevent foster care caused by poverty.
