About The Bridge is Us
Imagine how much change we can effect by building a living directory of resources, easily accessible, that helps close the gap between needing support and finding it. This digital resource then becomes a tool, built by the community for the community—a bridge built by our own hands.
On this bridge, you’ll find youth who have aged out of foster care, kinship caregivers doing their best with very little, and families navigating the foster care system with little direction but with lots at stake. You’ll find social workers carrying heavy caseloads and heavy hearts as well as foster parents working to meet impossible needs. Local leaders, nonprofits, faith communities, and caring adults committed to impacting our community—each is a structural part of this bridge.
This bridge is built by all of us—a shared space held up by the strength, insight, and care of a whole community. This isn’t a bridge that solely leads from “those in need” to “those with help”, rather it creates an empowering opportunity for those who need help to, in turn, help others. This space provides a way for all those impacted by the system to link with local groups and individuals, forming a web of connections, and thus strengthening the social fabric of our community.
What makes this digital directory different is that it’s not just a list of resources; rather, it will become a living map of people helping people, crowdsourcing hope. When people add what they can offer—a support group, a free haircut, a legal clinic, a safe weekend activity, a trusted adult to talk with—it becomes easier for others to cross that bridge. The more we add, the stronger the bridge becomes, and the stronger our community becomes. We believe everyone deserves access to support, dignity, and connection, and this directory helps make that belief a reality.
This resources is provided by Worthdays, a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to making sure kids impacted by foster care feel important, worthy, and celebrated. Through community partnerships, Worthdays meets essential needs while sending a powerful message: “You are so worth it.”
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Frequently Asked Questions
How can I find local resources?
This tool allows you to search two different ways! On our home page (simply scroll up), there are 5 options to choose: Youth, Family, Foster Parent, Kinship, Social Worker. Click one of those for resources specific to your role in the system. You can also click the orange “Find Resources” button (or the 🔍 icon on mobile) in the top right corner to get to all of our resources.
I'd like to add a resources to share with others. Where can I learn more about adding resources?
I work for a local public welfare agency. How can I get connected?
We hope you’ll take full advantage of this resource database! You can click “Social Worker” to view resources specifically curated for child welfare professionals, or browse the directory by resource type to find the support you need.
If you know of a high-quality resource that isn’t already included and meets our resource criteria, we encourage you to submit it for consideration. Every resource you share helps build a stronger bridge of support for those impacted by the child welfare system.
We also invite you to join The Bridge Connect —a space created specifically for child welfare professionals to ask questions, share ideas, build community, network with colleagues, and support one another across agencies. To access The Bridge Connect, scroll to the top navigation bar, click “Get Involved,” and then select “Social Workers.” We look forward to connecting with you.
How can I help make The Bridge is Us a success?
The Bridge Is Us is built on the idea that no one person or organization has all the answers—but together, we can create stronger connections for children, youth, families, caregivers, and the professionals who serve them.
The number one way you can help is by sharing trusted resources that meet our resource criteria, suggesting updates when information changes, and helping us ensure this guide remains accurate, relevant, and useful.
If you’re interested in volunteering your time to help review and maintain the resource database, we’d love to hear from you. Please email us at [email protected].
If you’d like to support the ongoing development and maintenance of this free community resource, you can make a donation to Worthdays at www.worthdays.org/donate. Contribution help us continue building and strengthening this bridge of support, in additional the many other ways we impact the local child welfare system.
I am the representative for one of the resources involved and need to update some of the information in your directory. How do I do that?
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I added a resources a while ago and don't see it listed?
This resource directory is managed by volunteers so it may take longer than expected to add resources once submitted to our organization. It is also possible that the resource was not found to meet our criteria for the directory.
