The Alan Madden Foundation, Inc.

Faith-based guidance, resources, education, adn enrichment for foster teens as they transition from foster care to adulthood.

We begin working with youth in the foster care system a few years before they age out to assure that there are concrete goals and services in place so that their transition out of foster care is as smooth as possible. Our belief is,  if you have an issue, call us, if we dont have the resource, we partner with other organizations that can provide the service. Our goal is to assess each situation and see what needs to be done in the best interest of the child.

• Our therapeutic music program, Rising Voices, partners with Guitar Center to provide foster youth with free musical instruments and lessons

• Educational and Vocational programs to include partnerships with FLVS, Unschoolers, and Vocational Rehabilitation Services

• Partnership with Bikers Against Trafficking to offer counseling

• Partnership with UF Health Shands to provide medical and mental health services and evaluations

• Life coaches for youth under 18 to help them prepare for their transition out of foster care

• Host Home program for young adults who participate in our educational or vocational programsHomes include homes with screened and trained host parents and apartment style housing with highly  trained support staff available

• Food bank for the youth and host families

• Partnerships with other agencies to provide housing while the young adults are in college, as well as, help with school supplies, college materials, FAFSA, PELL grants, tutoring, transportation, and tuition.

• Foster Care Services

• Medical providers for physiological issues

• Peer to peer mentoring

• Coping and Life skill education

• Special programs for life skills and education for youth with autism

• TBRI - We will pay for any foster family or host family to recieve this valuable training.

• Transportation to appointments and supervised family style outings such as Sunday worship services, shopping trips, eating out as a group,  day trips to the beaches, Lego Land, ball games, and conferences