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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

Don’t Miss Our Next Symposium! September 16
Join us for our next A Home Within Symposium on Wednesday, September 16 at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET. With major Medicaid policy changes, behavioral health investments, and child welfare reforms underway, states are entering a new chapter in supporting children and families. Join us for a cross-state conversation on what’s changing, what’s showing promise, and where the biggest opportunities (and risks) lie for child welfare mental health.
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2025 Annual Impact Report

Our Chapters

Communities across the country are rallying around foster youth:

650+ volunteers | 30 chapters

25 states | 3,000+ served

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Featured Continuing Education Event

Friday August 28, 10:00 AM PT
Virtual

This course led by Dr. Jessica Smedley will offer an overview of advocacy, the various ways that we can serve as advocates as mental health professionals and applications for practice.

2 Credits Introductory Psychologists LMHCs MFTs Social Workers LPCs
Friday August 28, 10:00 AM PT
Virtual

This course led by Dr. Jessica Smedley will offer an overview of advocacy, the various ways that we can serve as advocates as mental health professionals and applications for practice.

2 Credits Introductory Psychologists LMHCs MFTs Social Workers LPCs

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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 30 chapters across 25 states