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Who We Are

The Vision

We envision a city where churches, businesses, government, and families come together so that every vulnerable child, and every family caring for one, has the support they need to thrive.

The Mission

City Without Orphans exists to surround foster, adopted, and transitional youth with the resources, care, and community of our city.

the people behind the work

Our Staff

Andi Lambert

Executive Director

Christy Jessen

Administrator

Operations · Outreach · Communications

Moriah D’souza

Program Coordinator

Summer Programming · Parenting Groups

Brittney Howard

Future Ready Programs Coordinator

Dr. Ashley Phelan

Foster Care & Adoption Consultant

Our Board

Tumani Heights Rob Del Pozo Tom Sims Carl Dsouza Ash Newell
Coaching & Consulting

Dr. Ashley Phelan

Dr. Ashley Phelan brings nearly 20 years of frontline experience in child welfare to her work as City Without Orphans’ foster care and adoption consultant and coach. A former foster care and adoption social worker, certified TBRI® Practitioner, and holder of a Doctor of Ministry in Strategic Christian Ministry, she offers individualized coaching for every member of the adoption triad (birth parents, adoptive parents, and adoptees), along with workshops, support groups, and consulting for churches and organizations navigating trauma-informed care.

If your family, church, or organization could use her guidance, we’d love to connect you with Ashley.

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Our Founders

Whitney & Daniel Bunker

Whitney is a former social worker and a foster/adoptive mom, passionate about foster care and adoption. While working with foster children and families, a vision took root to mobilize local churches to care for kids right here in the Central Valley. Together with her husband Daniel, she founded City Without Orphans.

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