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ABOUT US
OUR VISION
Our vision is to be part of creating a responsible and caring community: Safe, Resilient, and Healthy. We can only reach that vision through collaboration.
OUR MISSION STATEMENT
We partner with the community to enhance self-sufficiency while ensuring that safety and basic human needs are met for the people of San Luis Obispo County.
OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES
- We strive to eliminate poverty and abuse
- We believe all people have strengths
- We work together to assist in removing barriers and finding solutions
- We strive to meet the unique needs of each community, family, and individual
- We commit to fairness and equality
Devin Drake
We believe all children have rights. The right to have enough healthy food to eat each day, to live in safe homes that are free from violence, to have access to medical and dental care. The right to basic needs such as adequate clothing, supplies for schools and personal hygiene and the right to be encouraged and empowered to achieve their dreams.
Whether your role is to inspire, mentor, teach, guide, coach, advise, serve, nurture or supervise, you have an impact on the lives of the children and families with whom you come in contact. From teachers to store owners, police officers to food service employees, we all have a responsibility to the children who live in our community: a responsibility to speak words of encouragement, a responsibility to model the kind of behavior we hope to see in them, and a responsibility to speak up when we have a concern about a child who is not able to speak for themselves.
Our vision is to be part of creating a responsible and caring community: Safe, Resilient, and Healthy. We can only reach that vision through collaboration.
WHY WE NEED YOU
When you get involved in the lives of Foster Children and Families, you do more than just contribute your time and talents. You make a lasting investment in the life of a child. You provide the opportunity for a child to feel important and valued.
As of 12/31/2016, there were 311 children in foster care in San Luis Obispo County and 67 children from San Luis Obispo County placed in foster care homes and facilities outside of the county. Source: 2017 Foster Care Snapshot Report
For information on how you can help keep our children in our community and become a Resource Family, please call the Department of Social Services at (805) 781-1705 or attend a Resource Family Information Meeting (see calendar link).
FOSTER CARE OVERVIEW
FOSTER CARE
[ultimate-faqs include_category='about-us-foster-care' ] More information coming soon! In the meantime, please contact us utilizing the inquiry box or by phone at 805.781.1705OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS
COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO PARTNERS
To make a report of suspected child abuse or neglect, call (805) 781-KIDS
Department of Social Services 3433 S. Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401