We think of it as one city, surrounding families.
A family or a young person can enter care from wherever their need begins (whether that’s a couple opening their home through foster care or adoption, or a young adult stepping into adulthood without a safety net), and City Without Orphans meets them there. However someone arrives, they walk through the same door, into the same community, under the same mission.
Equipping and resourcing foster, kinship, and adoptive parents at every stage of the journey: from the very first conversation about whether to say yes, through the seasons when the road gets long.
Regular gathering spaces where foster and adoptive parents find encouragement, honest conversation, and practical wisdom from others walking the same road.
Church-hosted evenings that give foster and adoptive parents a real night of rest, with childcare provided by each host church’s children’s ministry volunteers.
Dr. Ashley Phelan’s one-on-one coaching, consulting, and Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) trainings, offered to the full adoption triad.
Education sessions for families exploring or just beginning the foster or adoption journey, so no one has to start from scratch.
A yearly gathering for the wider community, churches, and foster and adoptive families, built around teaching, testimony, and connection.
A retreat weekend for foster, adoptive, and kinship moms to rest, reconnect, and be poured back into together, in partnership with Filled ministry.
Monthly support groups open to both moms and dads in the wider community, co-hosted in partnership with Action Community Church.
Community-facing sessions on trauma, attachment, and adoption topics, led by Dr. Ashley Phelan for churches and organizations.
because parenting shouldn’t be done alone.
Serving young people ages 16–25 navigating one of life’s biggest transitions without the safety net of family or community, whether they’re aging out of foster care, exiting high school, or facing housing instability.
Physical spaces built for this community: The Landing as a place to gather and belong, The Closet providing clothing and practical everyday goods.
Relational meals and community for young adults, open to all youth in transition regardless of foster or adoption connection.
A partnership with Fresno Unified School District, on high school campuses, preparing youth in transition for what comes after high school.
Leadership development that invites young people to grow, lead, and speak into the very community that is supporting them.
every young person deserves someone in their corner.
Two branches, one door, one city: a place where every child has a community and no family walks alone.