Foster Hope

Foster Hope Ministries was born from a place of brokenness. For Scott and Heather Tuttle, the road to foster care ran through deep personal pain — infertility, miscarriage, and loss. But God took that pain and bloomed it into a calling: to love the children Jesus called "the least of these," and to walk alongside the families who open their homes to them.

Since 2022, Scott and Heather have fostered more than 8 children and provided respite care for many others, opening their home to three or more children at a time. In 2024, they took a step of faith and launched Foster Hope Ministries as a full-time foster care ministry. Today, Foster Hope is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and an approved ministry of the Northern California & Nevada District of the Assemblies of God, serving foster families, churches, and county partners across the region.

The Need

Right now, more than 329,000 children are in foster care across the United States. Over 70,000 are waiting to be adopted. And every year, more than 15,000 young people age out of the system without a permanent family (AFCARS, FY2024). Behind every one of those numbers is a child who bears the full image of God — and a foster family carrying a weight they were never meant to carry alone.

We believe the local church is the best hope for the foster care crisis. Not an institution — a family.

What We Do

Everything Foster Hope does flows through three commitments:

Empower — We partner with local churches to advocate for and raise awareness of foster care ministry, connecting congregations to local organizations, schools, and foster care needs throughout Northern California and Nevada.

Encourage — We create a culture of support for foster families through chaplaincy, small groups, and pastoral care. Scott serves as an AG-endorsed chaplain to families, churches, and county partners.

Equip — We build and give away an entire suite of free digital tools, resources, and training so that any church, of any size and any budget, can start caring for foster families today.

Free Tools We've Built for Churches & Families

One of the most unique things about Foster Hope is that we don't just talk about equipping the church — we build the tools ourselves and give them away free:

fosterhopefamily.com — Our ministry home base. Free sermon outlines for pastors, a biblical foundation for foster care ministry, a 40-Day Prayer Journey, a church assessment tool to help congregations find their next step, ministry kit ideas, and a county-by-county directory of child welfare offices across Northern California and Nevada.

wefosterkids.com — Support for every journey in foster care. A resource hub for foster parents with practical tools and encouragement for wherever they are on the road — plus a digital playground built just for kids, giving children in foster care a safe, fun space of their own with friendly characters, games, and activities. 

ourfosterfamily.com — A free app built to support and encourage foster families, with practical tools for the daily realities of foster parenting: family organization, documentation, training, encouragement, and community — all in one place, designed by foster parents for foster parents.fostertoolkit.com — Helps churches and families build a real, actionable foster care ministry plan. Includes a step-by-step plan generator and county-level foster care research drawn from verified state and federal data, so churches can understand the actual need in their own community.

fosterhopefriends.com — For everyday people who ask "I'm not called to foster — how can I help?" Foster Hope Friends offers practical care packs and simple, concrete ways to support foster families right where they live, plus help finding a local agency.

Every one of these tools is free. Your giving is what keeps them free.

Our Conviction

Every child deserves a family. Every family deserves a church. Foster care ministry is not an add-on to the church's mission — it is an expression of it. Scripture tells us that religion God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress (James 1:27). That's the work we wake up to every day.

Your Gift Makes It Possible

Foster Hope Ministries Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and all donations are tax-deductible. Your giving equips churches to launch foster care ministries, supports foster families in crisis and in the everyday, sustains chaplaincy care across Northern California and Nevada, and keeps every tool we build completely free for the churches and families who need them. When you give, you're not funding an organization — you're helping the church become what God designed it to be: a family for every child.

Foster Hope Ministries · PO Box 2382, Vacaville, CA 95696 · info@fosterhopefamily.com · fosterhopefamily.com