Neighborhood Foster Care

Place of Hope’s Paxson Campus, Sam & Connie Frankino KidSanctuary Campus, and Bender Family Campus locations provide faith-based, family-style Neighborhood Foster Care (level 6) in our unique family cottages, with placement priority given to large sibling groups and other special needs (“hard to place”) children in foster care in need of consistent, structured, family-based care (as long as needed). These family cottages are located within unique, safe, and serene residential neighborhoods. Although individual circumstances and the courts determine the precise length of stay for each child, we provide a stable and loving family home for children until they attain permanency (family reunification or adoption) or are of age to live independently (age-out). Our proven, effective model employs professionally trained live-in Foster (Cottage) Parents caring for six foster children in each family cottage. They devote their full time, talents, and energies to the children, creating a stable and structured traditional family setting.

Because children in foster care often experience multiple placement disruptions, we strive to meet their critical needs by providing family structure, stability, consistency, enrichment, and growth opportunities. While many siblings in foster care are forced to live apart, we specialize in keeping siblings together to maintain crucial family relationships.