Nobody should age out alone.
About twenty thousand young people age out of foster care in the U.S. every year. On their eighteenth birthday, the support simply stops — and the outcomes we then act surprised by are entirely predictable. This is the work I care about most.
The counterintuitive part, if there is one: the fix isn’t complicated or expensive. It’s presence. A person who stays. So that’s what we build — quietly, locally, one young adult at a time.
Young adults aging out of foster care face a severe risk of homelessness — about 20% instantly unhoused at 18, and up to 46% by age 26.
become homeless the moment they're emancipated at 18.
National Foster Youth Institutebecome homeless during the transition to adulthood.
Annie E. Casey Foundationhad been homeless at least once by age 26.
NCBI / public-health researchShow up
Consistent, unglamorous presence — the thing most missing after the system lets go at 18.
Set a table
Meals, mentorship, and a standing invitation. Belonging before advice.
Open doors
Introductions to work, housing, and people who will pick up the phone.
Every dollar goes to the table.
Every print, every fee, every coffee goes to projects that share the true gospel and reach the people who need to feel it. Support the work, or partner with me.