OUR MISSION

Fostering Hope Louisiana addresses the oral and mental health needs of youth in foster care to equip children with the necessary self-confidence to embrace the future. Through our orthodontic, corporate, and community partners, along with the generosity of our donors, Fostering Hope Louisiana combines essential oral care with educational components such as financial literacy, personal hygiene, and guidance on societal conventions. Lessons that provide foster children with the vital scaffolding for success and emotional well-being.

OUR GOALS

Fostering Hope Louisiana not only improves the physical appearance of each child but recognizes that children in foster care often shield unseen scars. Our hope is that a beaming smile is the beginning of a healing journey for these children as they finish school and embark on their professional lives.

OUR VISION

Fostering Hope Louisiana seeks to ensure that foster youth have access to quality care that will enable them to overcome the affects of their trauma to become healthy, productive citizens through power of a new and more confident smile.