Foster Village SWFL opens in Cape Coral

Foster Village SWFL announced the expansion of their operations with the opening of a Lee County Resource Center located in Cape Coral.

Foster Village SWFL’s mission is to come alongside children and families who are experiencing the child welfare system to show them they are not alone. Over 50% of foster families will quit within their first year, demonstrating the need for holistic support beyond the system to prevent isolation and burnout. Foster Village SWFL makes sure foster families and children have their basic needs met, connects foster families to resources and each other, and advocates for each child/caregiver experiencing foster care on their individual journey. In the last 12 months, the tangible support Foster Village SWFL provided families impacted nearly 500 children and they had over 1,100 registrations for events they hosted for families.

Foster Village SWFL’s new Cape Coral Resource Center will serve beyond Lee County as they receive requests from Charlotte, Collier, Hendry, and Glades counties as well. This resource center will serve as a HUB of operations to serve these children and families, both by providing a boutique shopping experience for children in a child-friendly, trauma-informed setting and by offering a space where families can gather for fellowship, support, and encouragement through play days, workshops, and gatherings in a home-like environment. It is a place where the community can get plugged in on practical ways to provide tangible help to children in care, and families can come and receive the physical and emotional support desperately needed to continue caring for children from hard places. Serving as a bridge between vulnerable families and the greater community, Foster Village SWFL aims to break generational cycles of adversity to create a better future for our neighborhoods, our children, and the caregivers who raise them.