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Connection
Heals

Our Mission

We understand that youth who’ve experienced the trauma of abandonment, abuse, and broken trust can only experience healing in those areas through relationships that are secure, safe, and allow them to experience belonging.

Our theory of change is based on one simple premise demonstrated through research by Dr. Karyn Purvis: “What was broken in relationship can only be restored in relationship.”

Our mission is to prevent poverty & homelessness for youth aging out of foster care or homeless without a family by connecting them to Mentoring Families.

Our Vision

  • Every youth has a voice and a choice when they select their very own Mentoring Family.
  • Our trained Mentoring Families commit to lifelong connection and provide a safety net of secure belonging while guiding youth toward self-efficacy into an independent life.
  • Our team provides 12 months of strategic, relational support to ensure the stability of each match.
  • Our commitment to each connection never ends, providing additional, community-based resources plus lifelong support for alumni as needed.

Our vision is to empower youth without family to thrive in life and impact the world from the security of a healthy connection.

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Our Impact

After 10 years of operating our Don’t Go Alone program and matching over 400 youth with Mentoring Families, we know that connection makes all the difference.

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Our Program

We recognize the need for both secure belonging and empowered self-efficacy to exist in a youth’s life in order for them to truly thrive in life and impact their world.

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Don’t Go Alone

Our vision is that every homeless and former foster youth would thrive in life and impact their world from the safety of a healthy connection.

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Career Center

At Career Center, we equip youth and young adults struggling to find their footing on their career journey with tools to succeed.

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