THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 6,800 CHILDREN AND YOUTH EXPERIENCING FOSTER CARE ACROSS OREGON.
We are building communities of people that are changing the way children, youth, and families experience foster care. Passionate donors, volunteers, mentors, partners, and advocates are all ripples in the sea of change for our foster care community.​

177 foster youth (7.3%) aged out or were emancipated in 2024.

69% of Marion County's general foster homes have closed in the last decade.

38% of foster youth in Oregon have had three or more placements.

53.1% of foster youth in Oregon don't graduate high school in four years - 46.6% in five years.

​​But we believe it doesn't have to be this way.

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View the data sources here.

A few minutes can change a life forever. ​It has the power to change yours, too.​​

The ripple effects of spending time in foster care can look like  academic instability, homelessness, incarceration, and mental health challenges. The ripple effects of investing just a few minutes in the powerful potential of this community can result in cycles broken. It can bring hope for the future. Watch this short story to learn from a youth in Dare to Dream on how mentorship changed his course in life.

Learn about how our programs change lives.

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HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED

refer

Refer a foster or kinship family or youth to our programs.

volunteer

Walk alongside a local fostering family through the ​Love Box® program.

mentor

Mentor a youth through our Dare to Dream program™​.

invest

​Be part of sustainable change in the foster care community.

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​MISSION ​STATEMENT:
​The Salem Angels mission is to walk alongside children, youth, and families in the foster care community by offering consistent support through intentional giving, relationship building, and mentorship.

OUR MISSION

Salem Angels (EIN #85-3868206) is covered as an Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3) organization as a subordinate under the group exemption of Transformations by Austin Angels (EIN #27-2087142). Documentation here.