Your 2024 Impact…
♥ Foster Care: 123 children and teens experienced safety and healing in a family home.
♥ Adoption: 169 children and teens received support during their adoption process, including 78 who were officially welcomed into their forever homes. 334 families received post-adoption services for enhanced stability and connection.
♥ Day Support: 23 individuals with disabilities were provided opportunities for social inclusion, skill-building, and community engagement.
♥ Sponsored Residential Care: 132 individuals with disabilities resided in family homes instead of institutions.
♥ Counseling Services: 315 individuals and families worked toward healing and strengthened their relationships.
♥ Independent Living: 26 young adults transitioned into college, employment, and stable housing.
♥ Kinship Care: 18 families were provided vital kinship support resources to ensure children stayed close to their family network and out of foster care.
♥ Agency-Directed Services: 112 families received services so they could care for their loved ones with a disability in their own home.
What Needs To Be Done…
♥ 1,685 children in foster care are waiting to be adopted. (Source: Virginia Department of Social Services, January 2025)
♥ 66 adults with disabilities still reside in training centers. (Source: The ARC of Virginia, January 2025)
♥ 757 children are living in temporary care facilities, group homes, or residential treatment facilities. (Source: Virginia Department of Social Services, January 2025)
♥ 15,436 Virginians with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities are on waiting lists for waivers. (Source: The Arc of Virginia, January 2025)
♥ 442 youth aged out of foster care without a permanent placement during fiscal year 2023. (Source: Virginia Department of Social Services, December 2024)