CENTRAL FLORIDA
No young adult should face the future alone.
Across Central Florida, young people are leaving foster care and walking into adulthood with no one in their corner. We equip everyday families to step in as lifelong mentors, so a young adult finally has someone for life, and you become who God made you to be.
Not fostering. Not adoption. Real family connection, without anyone moving in.
NATIONALLY
~21K
young adults age out of foster care each year, unconnected to a family.
IN ORLANDO
392
older youth in the local system right now without a family connection.
THE AGES WE SERVE
18-24
the years we walk alongside, right when the system steps away
THE DIFFERENCE
1
caring family is enough to change the trajectory of a life.
THE NEED
Aging out shouldn’t mean facing life alone.
Each year thousands of young adults leave foster care with no family to call when life gets hard. No one for holidays, first jobs, or 2 a.m. emergencies. They are capable and full of promise. What they're missing isn't ability. It's someone who stays.
OUR APPROACH
We build families, not programs.
DGA recruits, trains, and supports mentor families who commit to a lifelong relationship with a young adult, walking with them through every season. Lasting connection is the root of everything that follows.
Lasting Relationship →Belonging → Self-Efficacy→ A Thriving Life
HOW IT WORKS
Four steps, from your first question to a lifelong bond.
A DAY
1
Discover DGA
A MONTH
2
Equip
~3 MONTHS
3
Match
A LIFETIME
4
Walk Together
GET INVOLVED
There’s a place for you in this story.
Become a mentor, lend your time, or fuel the mission. Every "yes" helps a young adult find a family for life.
Become a Mentor Family
Commit to a lifelong relationship with a young adult aging out of care.
ABOUT US
Led by people who’ve lived it.
Don't Go Alone Orlando is led by foster and adoptive parents who know firsthand the difference a committed family makes.
THE NEED
GIVE
Your gift writes a young adult into a family for life.
Every dollar helps us recruit, train, and walk alongside the mentor families who change a young person's story.
Gifts are processed securely through Givebutter and are tax-deductible through our fiscal sponsor, Connections Homes.