Bridge of Faith

Bridge of Faith is a non-profit agency established in 1996.  Our commitment is to stop the high rate of recidivism in our prisons and to assist those emancipated from the Foster Care System.

We originally started with classes for inmates and soon realized the anguish of inmates whose children had been placed into the Foster Care System.

Many of these inmates themselves were previously in Foster Care, or should have been.

We began to see a cycle that needed to be broken...where better, than with the next generation currently in Foster Care?

This brought about the development of "V.I.P. Family Program" for girls emancipating from Foster Care.

The "V.I.P. Peer-Mentor Family" established a foundational support to assist the emotional healing necessary to move forward in life, reducing the vulnerability of those lost to the streets, to avoid repeating the generational cycle.

In 2003, we opened our first H.O.M.E. (Home Opportunity Meets Emancipation) in Whittier, California.  This 1920's twenty-two room home is ideal.

The H.O.M.E. is privately funded and operates entirely with a volunteer staff.  Operating on this principle allows the girls to stay as long as they need to...and they can always return H.O.M.E.

Our plans are to duplicate this process across the nation.

Our second phase will be "H.O.M.E. TOO" for girls with children.  This will be a multi-unit property.  A child care center will be opened on the premises for the community.  This will be started and operated by the girls themselves, which will help fulfill one of our goals, which is to build leaders.