Resources for the journey.
Whether you’re caring for a child, transitioning into adulthood, preparing for camp, or looking for a way to serve, Raleigh’s Place wants to help you find the right next step.
Choose the path that best fits where you are.
Raleigh’s Place serves several different audiences, so we’ve organized this page to help you get to the most relevant information quickly.
Foster, Adoptive & Kinship Families
Practical support, parenting resources, family events, and ways to get connected through Partner Homes.
EXPLORE FAMILY RESOURCES →Young Adults
Housing, life skills, mentoring, transportation, employment, and support for young adults transitioning from foster care.
EXPLORE YOUNG ADULT RESOURCES →Churches & Community Partners
Volunteer opportunities, partnership pathways, donation needs, and practical ways to support children and families.
EXPLORE PARTNERSHIP RESOURCES →Camp Families & Volunteers
Camper information, counselor resources, Junior Counselor details, and ways to support Camp 1:27.
EXPLORE CAMP RESOURCES →Support for foster, adoptive, and kinship families.
Caring for a child through foster care, adoption, or relative placement can bring unique needs and challenges. Raleigh’s Place exists to help families find practical support, healthy community, and encouragement.
Support for the transition into adulthood.
Young adults leaving foster care often have to navigate housing, employment, transportation, finances, education, and other major life decisions without the safety net many young people rely on.
Turn compassion into practical action.
Churches, businesses, volunteers, and community groups can play an important role in helping children and families navigating foster care feel supported and surrounded.
Everything you need for Camp 1:27.
Camp 1:27 is a free, Christ-centered summer camp for children connected to foster care. Use the links here to find camper, staff, and volunteer information.
Start by learning what the journey really involves.
You do not have to make a decision today. If you are considering becoming a foster parent, adopting from foster care, or simply wondering how you might help, these resources can help you understand the next step.
Explore Foster Care with CAFO
The Christian Alliance for Orphans offers a practical starting point for people asking whether foster parenting, adoption, or another form of support may be right for them.
EXPLORE GETTING STARTED →Alabama Foster & Adoption Inquiry
Ready to take an official next step? Alabama DHR provides the state inquiry process for individuals and families interested in foster care or adoption.
START THE ALABAMA INQUIRY →You Can Still Make a Difference
Foster parenting is only one way to help. Families also need meals, childcare, supplies, encouragement, volunteers, mentors, churches, businesses, and a strong community around them.
EXPLORE WAYS TO HELP →Raising a relative’s child comes with unique questions.
Grandparents, relatives, and other kinship caregivers may suddenly find themselves navigating custody, benefits, schools, healthcare, financial assistance, foster-care requirements, and family relationships all at once.
Whether your placement is formally involved with foster care or is an informal family arrangement, there are resources designed specifically for kinship caregivers.
LEARN ABOUT PARTNER HOMESAlabama Kinship Navigator
Alabama Kinship Navigator provides information and referral services for grandparents, relatives, and other caregivers raising children.
- Kinship care inside and outside foster care
- Benefits and financial-assistance information
- Support groups
- County-level resources
- Statewide and national resources
Adulthood should not have to be navigated alone.
Young adults leaving foster care may need help with housing, education, transportation, employment, benefits, finances, healthcare, and learning the practical skills required for independent adulthood.
Workmanship Initiative
Raleigh’s Place provides transitional housing, mentoring, life-skills development, employment support, transportation assistance, discipleship, and consistent relationships.
LEARN ABOUT WORKMANSHIP →Alabama Independent Living Program
Alabama DHR’s Independent Living Program helps eligible youth prepare for adulthood and connects them with independent-living services, education resources, and other supports.
EXPLORE INDEPENDENT LIVING →Education & Scholarship Support
Alabama DHR provides information about education and training assistance, including the Education and Training Voucher Program and Fostering Hope Scholarship resources.
VIEW ALABAMA YOUTH RESOURCES →Need Help Finding the Right Resource?
If you are a young adult connected to foster care and are unsure where to begin, Raleigh’s Place can help you identify possible next steps.
CONTACT RALEIGH’S PLACE →Sometimes a story helps us see what statistics cannot.
The ReMoved short-film series tells stories from the perspective of children experiencing foster care. These films can help foster parents, volunteers, churches, educators, and community members better understand the loss, uncertainty, relationships, and emotions children may carry with them into care.
ReMoved
The first film follows a young girl as she is removed from her home and begins navigating foster care, separation, uncertainty, and the search for safety and belonging.
WATCH PART 1 →Remember My Story
Part two continues Zoe’s story and explores how separation, attachment, loss, and changing relationships can continue to shape a child long after entering foster care.
WATCH PART 2 →Love Is Never Wasted
The third film tells a different foster-care story through a young child caught between two families and explores the difficult tension between attachment, reunification, grief, and love.
WATCH PART 3 →The ReMoved films are valuable tools for foster-parent training, church discussions, volunteer preparation, and foster-care awareness. Organizations planning a public screening or formal training should review the filmmakers’ licensing requirements.
Helpful organizations beyond Raleigh’s Place.
Raleigh’s Place works within a much larger community of organizations serving children and families. These resources may help you find additional training, support, information, and next steps.
Christian Alliance for Orphans
Christian resources for foster and adoptive parents, church leaders, nonprofit leaders, and anyone seeking to care wisely for vulnerable children and families.
EXPLORE CAFO RESOURCES →Foster Coalition
An Alabama organization connecting foster, adoptive, and kinship families with churches, nonprofits, government agencies, and community support.
VISIT FOSTER COALITION →Lifeline Children’s Services
A Christian ministry serving vulnerable children and families through foster care, family restoration, adoption, and church-based ministry.
EXPLORE LIFELINE →Alabama Department of Human Resources
Official Alabama information about foster care, adoption, becoming a foster parent, independent living, scholarships, state services, and foster-care requirements.
VISIT ALABAMA DHR →Alabama Kinship Navigator
A statewide information and referral resource for grandparents, relatives, and other caregivers raising children through kinship care.
EXPLORE KINSHIP RESOURCES →Alabama Foster & Adoptive Parent Association
Statewide education, training, advocacy, and support for foster, adoptive, kinship, and guardian families.
VISIT AFAPA →A few places worth bookmarking.
Biblical Parenting
Raleigh’s Place partners with STEPS Ministries to provide free, Biblically grounded parenting resources designed to encourage and equip foster families.
EXPLORE PARENTING RESOURCESBlog & Updates
Read current ministry news, stories, foster-care reflections, Camp updates, and opportunities to get involved.
READ LATEST UPDATESYou don’t have to figure out the next step alone.
If you cannot find what you need, contact Raleigh’s Place and we’ll help connect you with the most appropriate program, resource, or next step.
Whatever brought you here, we want to help you find the next step.
Raleigh’s Place surrounds children and families navigating foster care with Christ-centered support from childhood into adulthood.