When parents struggle, so do their children.
Overwhelming circumstances like poverty, substance abuse, or domestic violence increase incidences of child abuse or neglect. Many parents striving to provide a safe and stable home for their children face an uphill battle.
Casa de Esperanza – meaning “House of Hope for Children” – helps families in crisis by offering foster care and family support programs to care for children while we help their parents build a more stable home.
Together, we’re working to stop the cycle of child abuse and neglect and strengthen Houston’s families.
What We Do
Our vision is that every child deserves a home that provides safety, health, permanence, and hope. Here's how we are making that vision a reality.
We keep children safe.We keep children safe.
Our compassionate and highly-trained foster parents care for children aged 0-6, helping them meet developmental milestones and build healthy relationships with themselves and with other kids.
We support parents.We support parents.
When parents struggle to provide safety and stability to their children, we come alongside them with the practical support they need.
We provide care in safe homes.We provide care in safe homes.
Whether in the Casa neighborhood or a licensed volunteer community foster home, children live in a safe, loving home with 24/7 care.
We help create permanence.We help create permanence.
Whenever possible, we work with families as a unit with the goal of keeping parents and their children together.
There were some big wins for children and parents in 2023:
days of care keeping children safe from abuse and neglect
of children made progress towards developmental milestones.
of parents report an increase in their confidence to successfully parent & keep their children safe
We're working to keep children safe and strengthen Houston area families.
Here's how:
Foster Care
Our foster homes provide a safe and caring place for children age 0-6 to live while we work with their parents to create a stable home.
We are one of the few agencies in Houston that accepts voluntary placements, where parents retain custody of their children while in our care and remain involved in key decisions in their child’s life.
Dedicated staff and volunteers undergo extensive trauma-informed training and are deeply committed to providing loving, exceptional care.
Family Support Services
Resolving life’s challenges while parenting is tough. We help parents stabilize their family through a custom plan of service that can include job searching, applying for affordable housing, GED classes, counseling, transportation, and more.
Services continue for as long as a family needs support, ensuring each child has a safe and stable home.
Want to be part of what we're doing?
Give your resources.
DONATEOur services are provided at no cost to families, thanks only to the generosity of our supporters. Your financial contribution makes a significant impact, helping families break the cycle of abuse and neglect.
By joining our Hearts of Hope monthly giving community, you can sustain our work for years to come.
“Even though my family isn’t in a place where we can foster, we support Casa de Esparanza each month because we believe every child in our community deserves a safe and stable home.”
Hearts of Hope Monthly Giving Society Member
Volunteer your time.
VOLUNTEERIndividual and group volunteers are essential to our day-to-day work at Casa de Esperanza.
Whether reading to children, organizing donations, delivering meals to foster families, or providing administrative assistance, you can make a difference to children and families in our community.
“Joy enters my heart when I volunteer at Casa.”
Casa de Esperanza Volunteer
Care for children as a foster parent.
BECOME A FOSTER PARENTConsider opening your heart and home to a child in need, providing them with the safety and love they deserve while their parents work towards stabilizing their lives.
You can volunteer to foster in your own home, or apply to be a foster parent or caregiver in our private neighborhood.
“To anyone considering being a foster parent, we would say just jump in with both feet. There are children waiting for you to say “yes.” I promise it will be the most rewarding experience you’ve ever had.”
Shanna and Josh Beames, Volunteer Community Foster Parents
Give your resources.
Our services are provided at no cost to families, thanks only to the generosity of our supporters. Your financial contribution makes a significant impact, helping families break the cycle of abuse and neglect.
By joining our Hearts of Hope monthly giving community, you can sustain our work for years to come.
“Even though my family isn’t in a place where we can foster, we support Casa de Esparanza each month because we believe every child in our community deserves a safe and stable home.”
Hearts of Hope Member
Volunteer your time.
Individual and group volunteers are essential to our day-to-day work at Casa de Esperanza.
Whether reading to children, organizing donations, delivering meals to foster families, or providing administrative assistance, you can make a difference to children and families in our community.
“Joy enters my heart when I volunteer at Casa.”
Casa de Esperanza Volunteer
Care for children as a foster parent.
Consider opening your heart and home to a child in need, providing them with the safety and love they deserve while their parents work towards stabilizing their lives.
You can volunteer to foster in your own home, or apply to be a parent-in-residence at one of our homes.
“To anyone considering being a foster parent, we would say just jump in with both feet. There are children waiting for you to say “yes.” I promise it will be the most rewarding experience you’ve ever had.”
Shanna and Josh Beames, Volunteer Community Foster Parents
About Us
Casa de Esperanza was founded in 1982 by Kathy Foster and Bill Jones with a $500 gift and the same goal we have today: to see every child in Houston grow up in a safe and stable home that gives them hope.
Since then, we’ve provided safety for 6,700+ infants and young children in the greater Houston area. Casa de Esperanza has grown into a trauma-informed, integrative program with a secure foster care neighborhood and dedicated community foster families.
By keeping children safe, and by strengthening parents’ ability to provide a stable, safe, and loving home for their children, we are setting families up for long-term success.
About Us
Casa de Esperanza is a Houston-based nonprofit breaking the cycle of child abuse and neglect for at-risk infants, children and their families through foster care and family support services.
We were founded in 1982 by Kathy Foster and Bill Jones with a $500 gift and the same goal we have today: to see every child in Houston grow up in a safe and stable home that gives them hope.
Since then, we’ve provided safety for 6,700+ infants and young children in the greater Houston area. Casa de Esperanza has grown into a trauma-informed, integrative program with a gated neighborhood of 10 homes and dedicated community foster families.
By keeping children safe, and by strengthening parents’ stability, we are setting families up for long-term success.
Our holistic services help parents and children before foster care is necessary, while a child is in foster care at Casa, and even after the family has been reunified.
Welcome to our neighborhood!
In 1990, we were gifted 4 acres of land near the Texas Medical Center. In 2008, that land was developed into a private neighborhood. Children learn quickly that the neighborhood is a safe haven where they are free to grow, develop, and play.
Foster parents and their children spend time together in the beautiful green space of the neighborhood, sharing picnics, exploring the playground and natural spaces, or taking the children on “walks” with their wagons or pedal cars.
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