Adopt

Adoption Services

Family Builders offers different programs for fostering, adoption, and other forms of permanency for those families who are ready to meet the needs of children and older youth waiting in the foster care system.

Foster

Foster Care Services

There are thousands of children and youth in the nine Bay Area Counties who are in foster care. Nearly half are in Alameda and San Francisco Counties.

Donate

Your Donations Make a Difference

We know that not everyone can adopt or foster a child, but there are other ways you can contribute to help kids find families. The following are just a few ways you can make a difference.

Unadoptable is Unacceptable - Wendy's Wonderful Kids
10/26/2011

Fantastic video by the Dave Thomas Foundation

Fundraiser for Family Builders Tonight!
01/26/2012

Frommer’s Travel Guides will be bringing a bit of New York to the Jardinière bar tonight when...

Family Builders Family Featured In Huffington Post
01/19/2012

Adopted by Two Gay Dads After a Tumultuous Upbringing, 15-Year-Old Zac Shares a Letter of Love...

Why Gay Parents May Be the Best Parents - article from Live Science
01/17/2012

As the article in Live Science starts, "Gay marriage, and especially gay parenting, has been in...

Adoption SF

There are hundreds of children and youth in the foster care system in San Francisco County who need a family just like yours. Without an adoption...

Adoption Through Foster Care

Our core program, "Foster To Adoption", focuses on guiding families through the adoption process for children who are in foster care and available...

LGBT Family Support

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) families are a valuable resource for the many children who are in the foster care system and who...

Our Mission

Family Builders believes that every child has the right to grow up in a permanent, nurturing family regardless of that child’s age, race,...

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