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Group Promotes Unity and Effective Teamwork

Unity Care is a foster youth support organization, and it was founded in 1993 by André Chapman. The group focuses on the housing needs of youth and families in foster care. It meets the personal needs of each of its clients, working collaboratively. The goal of Unity Care is to provide support to every child and family by embracing the 1-Child, 1-Plan philosophy. The group promotes unity and effective teamwork, supporting foster youths in their quest for self-sufficiency.

A Foster Youth Organization

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Unity Care is a foster youth organization providing housing options to youth emerging from foster care. The group was founded in 1993 and provides life skills, support, stable housing, caring connections, and other programming to assist youth in attaining self-sufficient living. Housing and programs are available to foster youth ranging in age from 16 to 21 in El Dorado, Placer, San Mateo, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Alameda, Nevada and Monterey counties.

Unity Care Provides Support Services

Unity Care provides support services and housing solutions to youth aging out of the system to help reduce homelessness in foster care and enhance the chances for successful, independent living. Safe, secure, and affordable housing options are offered to transitional aged foster youth (16-24). Further resources and support services are integrated into that transition to ensure well-being and encourage success. Unity Care strives to create a home-like environment where youth and families feel safe as well as protected.

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