BECOME A
FOSTER PARENT
Will YOU turn uncertainty into HOPE? Your choice can make a world of a difference for a child in NEED of stability. Learn what it takes to open your heart and home to a child in need.
MENTAL HEALTH
YOUR mental health matters! Sometimes Children and Families need a little help. Pathway offers hope, healing and support for children and families.
POST-ADOPTION
& KINSHIP
Adoptive and Kinship families experience unique challenges. Pathway is here to support YOU in building trusting and lasting relationships for a lifetime.
Be the Difference-Be a Pathway Foster Parent
NEW per-service Power Weekend begins Jul 24 – July 27, 2025! We have a great need for families willing to be therapeutically licensed foster homes. Pathway staff will train, equip and support you as you welcome a child with emotional, behavioral, or social issues or medical needs.
Sibling groups, teenagers, and children with medical issues all deserve love and care. As a therapeutically licensed home, it will take patience, resilience, creativity, flexibility, humor, and love.
There is so much room for healing. You will be that soft landing spot as they begin to pick up the pieces of their lives.
We can’t wait to hear how YOU want to make a difference!
About Pathway
Founded in 1973 by Jim and Velma Bridges, Pathway Caring for Children is a private, non-profit social service agency. Today, Pathway continues to live out Jim’s vision of empowering the children and families we serve.
Our Mission:
Help children and families realize the possibilities of their lives through foster care, adoption, and mental health.
Our Vision:
Strengthening the lives of children and families.
Make a difference for over 1,700 Northeast Ohio Children and Families!