Each May, National Foster Care Month provides an opportunity to shine a light on the experiences...
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
LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES REPORT ON YOUTH HOMELESSNESS SHOWS TROUBLING LINK WITH FOSTER CARE
04/25/2012
San Francisco-based Larkin Street Youth Services has released a new report, YOUTH HOMELESSNESS...
Federal Adoption Tax Credit - Get Information Here!
04/14/2012
Since 2003, families who adopted a child with special needs from foster care could claim a...
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...
$50
will help fund a support group for adoptive families.
$100
will help us present parent trainings on a variety of parenting topics.
$500
will help us recruit a permanent family for an older youth.
$1000
will help us create a permanent family for an LGBT youth.
Please give to Family Builders today.
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,...
