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Providing Free Therapy for Foster Youth

Volunteer therapists that stay – for as long as it takes.

VOLUNTEER THERAPISTS

If you can offer one free hour of therapy each week to an individual with experience in foster care, we invite you to volunteer with us!

FOSTER YOUTH & ALUMNI

We offer open-ended, individual psychotherapy—free of charge—to current and former foster youth. Refer yourself or a someone else today.

Our Mission

A Home Within provides transformative mental health care to foster youth, while building the field of the future.

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Featured Update

Relational Healing and Foster Youth: A Conversation with Candice Simonds, by Arianna Maysonave
"We focus on the relationship as an intervention. It’s the container in which healing, identity, and belonging are restored." - Candice Simonds. This interview is part of the Nova Institute for Health’s Insight Collaborative for Mental Well-Being project.
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Our Chapters

Communities across the country are rallying around foster youth:

650+ volunteers | 32 chapters

26 states | 3,000+ served

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More Ways to Get Involved

The relationship—that's the medicine.

- A Home Within Client

It is one of the most rewarding experiences of my clinical career

- A Home Within Volunteer

I am so thankful for this amazing program that has, and does, change my life.

- A Home Within Client

It nourishes me to work with my A Home Within client, to see her come to a place of thriving.

- A Home Within Volunteer

Week after week, we get to be a witness to the pain, we get to be a witness to the joy, we get to be a witness to repair.

- A Home Within Volunteer

At a Glance

30,000 hours of free therapy provided each year.
5000+ clinicians trained in trauma responsive care.
650+ therapists in 32 chapters across 26 states