Through community partnership, Tidewater Friends of Foster Care works to provide resources to ensure foster youth have the opportunity to grow and thrive.  Through our mission to assist children and families in foster care, we provide the following support:

Tutoring
We provide one-on-one, in-home academic tutoring to foster children AND at-risk youth who need extra support to be successful in school and this support continues after the children are reunited with their families.  PLEASE SELECT THE APPROPRIATE FORM BELOW – Foster Youth (left)  CPS At-risk Youth (right)

Coaching
We provide one-on-one, in-home career coaching to foster children who need guidance planning for their futures.

Pathways- Independent Living Program
Pathways is a year-round program designed to empower high school youth (grades 9–12) with the academic, social, and career skills necessary for lifelong success. The program includes monthly Saturday Academies during the school year as well as a 3 week long immersive college experience during the summer.

Extracurricular Activities
We support foster children’s participation in activities, including sports, fitness, the arts and other social activities that will enrich their childhoods, provide stress relief and enhance participation in the community.

YMCA Family Memberships
We partner with the YMCA to provide memberships to foster youth and their families.  Open Enrollment for new membership is held quarterly: March 1 -20, June 1-20, September 1-20 and December 1-20.

Foster Care Social Workers at our partner DSS agencies are also eligible for YMCA memberships for themselves and their families.

Driver Education
We provide funding to help foster youth obtain their driver’s license.  This includes in-class and behind the wheel training.

Camperships
We send foster children to summer camps, with a particular focus on sending siblings who are placed in separate homes or are outside of foster care to camp together! The 2026 camp season applications open on March 1st!