Bridging the Gap of Care
Let's Create Love Bridges for Children
Thousands of children in Texas' foster care system require temporary out-of-home care because of parental neglect, abuse, or exploitation. The largest percentages are African American and Latino children. Foster parents provide a supportive and stable family for children who cannot live with their birth parents.
Children in Texas
27,000+
About Us
Our Commitment to Foster Care and Adoption
Bridges is a private, non-profit Foster Care and Adoption Child Placing Agency with the State of Texas. Our agency provides stable, home-based placements for children and teens in Texas' foster care system. The agency's focus is to provide effective therapeutic intervention to families while providing stabilization and security to each child placed in the home.
Families prepare children for family reunification with their families when possible or to provide long-term placement alternatives and adoptions.
Our Philosophy
Building Bridges of Support
Be the bridge between a child and the world. Become a consistent connector that provides guidance, support and healthy environments to allow every child to heal, thrive and achieve as they enter adulthood.
We realize that entering foster care is very traumatic for every child. We are specialized trained parents to assist and support our children through this transition in care, contribute to their growth and stabilization and prepare them for family reunification or adoption.
Why Choose Us
Why People Choose Bridges to Love
364 Days in Foster Care — Today I'm Adopted
27,000+
Youth in Texas foster care need your support right now.
You Are Needed
There are more than 27,000 youth currently in the Texas foster care system. All these young people deserve to grow up with the security, guidance, and support only a family environment provides.
Kinship Parents
The preferred placement for children who require out-of-home care is with relatives. Kinship placement means placing a child with close relatives — a grandparent, aunt, uncle, or older sibling of legal age.
Foster Parents
If a home with relatives is not a possibility, foster parents provide a supportive and stable environment for children who cannot live with their birth parents until family problems are resolved. In most cases, foster parents work with social services staff to reunite the child with birth parents. Children who require out-of-home care generally come under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court.
Foster to Adopt Parents
A forever home provides security, stability, and support for children. Once parental rights have been terminated, these children can be adopted and forever a part of your family. It is our goal to provide permanency to each child — whether through family reunification or adoption. To be considered for adoption placements, you must first be a licensed foster parent.
Respite Providers / Caregivers
Want to help but unsure how? Respite care providers give temporary relief to foster parents, enabling them a much-needed break or vacation — in your home or theirs. Whether for a few hours a week or an extended vacation, respite care helps relieve stress, restore energy, and promote balance. It prevents exhaustion, isolation, and burnout, and is a meaningful way to support the parents who care for our children every day.
What We Do
Everyone Deserves Our Best Services
Volunteer Opportunities
Bridges provides a safe place, loving homes and promising futures for abused and neglected children and teens.
Donations
We are a federally-recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.
Mentorship
Are you a parent, guardian, or caring adult who feels a child or teenager could benefit from a mentor? Mentors are supportive individuals who build relationships with young people by offering them guidance and encouragement.
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"Compared to the other care centers in the city, I have seen that the service Bridges provides is safe."
Take the First Step
Ready to Make a Difference in a Child's Life?
Whether you're interested in becoming a foster parent, kinship caregiver, or adoptive family — we're here to guide you every step of the way.