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Relationships heal because relationships matter.
We provide open-ended individual psychotherapy to current and former foster youth, free of charge.
We offer conversation cards to facilitate important discussions about difficult topics.
We educate clinicians about relationship-based therapy.
We train those working with traumatized and vulnerable youth in relationship-based practices for trauma-informed care.
ABOUT A HOME WITHIN
We envision a world in which every foster child has a relationship with at least one consistent, caring adult.
A Home Within is the only national organization dedicated solely to meeting the emotional needs of foster youth.
We provide open-ended, individual psychotherapy, free of charge, to current and former foster youth.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR THERAPISTS!
We recruit qualified therapists who volunteer to see one foster child, teen, or young adult in weekly pro-bono therapy – for as long as it takes.
Toni Vaughn Heineman, DMH, is the founder and Executive Director of A Home Within. She is Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco in Psychiatry and has been in private practice in San Francisco, working with adults, children, and families for over 30 years.
We recruit qualified therapists who volunteer to see one foster child, teen, or young adult in weekly pro-bono therapy – for as long as it takes.
NUMBER OF FOSTER KIDS IN THE UNITED STATES ON ANY GIVEN DAY
ANNUAL DIRECT COST OF CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT IN THE UNITED STATES PER YEAR
AVERAGE # OF MONTHS A CHILD WAITS TO BE ADOPTED