Emergency Resource Closet

Our Emergency Resource Closet provides new and gently used clothing, socks, underwear, hygiene kits, diapers, household cleaning supplies, school supplies, and other essential items for children in foster care.  These resources are available to foster parents, kinship foster parents, DCS Workers & foster care licensing workers,  Monday through Friday, from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.

Bags for Kids

This volunteer-run program supplies more than 4,000 handmade cloth duffel bags each year to dependent children and enables them to carry their personal belongings with dignity through placement changes. Handmade quilts and blankets are also provided to children in foster care. More than 3,000 of these blankets are distributed annually by DCS workers.

Kinship Family Support

We strive to stabilizes kinship and foster families by connecting them to essential community resources and services. Focused on the child and family unit, we provide in-home support and guidance to help families navigate the Department of Child Safety, behavioral health, and educational systems. Our services include ongoing support throughout the foster care and adoption process, such as home assessments, family support before and after placement, monitoring of the home environment, training, licensing, and certification. Our goal is to strengthen and stabilize kinship families, ensuring they have the tools and resources needed to thrive.

Divas

The Aviva Divas are a dedicated volunteer group that provides thousands of handmade items to children in foster care each year.  Items made with love like handmade quilts, toys, and clothing comfort children in transition.  They also raise funds to provide holiday gifts to more than 2,500 children in foster care each year.  Aviva also holds an annual community Sew-A-Thon with the Divas, which brings in over 3,500 homemade bags to ensure children can carry their personal belongings with dignity.