Foundation of Love for Youth (FLY)
Home for Good
For thousands of youth in Ohio, “home” is often temporary, and stability is uncertain. Every move chips away at trust, safety, and hope.
But, together, we can change that story
Join us in this mission. Together, change begins on our watch.
Our Home for Good initiative ensures stability for youth - particularly those in Permanent Planned Living Arrangements (PPLA) - are placed long enough to receive the transformative care that defines us, and the skills needed to succeed in life.
How You Can Support
Make a tax-deductible donation through PureHeart or Sponsor through FLY
Every step we take is guided by deep compassion and belief in the potential of our youth. Donors and sponsors make this possible; your support is the heart behind every story of healing, hope, and new beginnings.
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Hope Is Getting an Address
At Foundation of Love for Youth (FLY House), our mission began with a simple truth: every child deserves to feel loved, safe, and seen. Since opening our doors, we’ve poured our hearts into creating a true home for youth experiencing out-of-home placement. FLY House isn’t just a program; we are a part of the village! We stand by our youth and their families with patience, understanding, and unconditional support because they deserve stability and love that lasts. Here, our future leaders heal, grow, and discover their worth in a home built on love, compassion, and second chances.
The need for foster group care is undeniable, but so is our power to redefine it. Together, we can turn group home care into a sense of belonging and spaces into loving homes filled with healing, stability, and hope. Please join us in creating Ohio’s first-of-its-kind pocket neighborhood. A safe, welcoming, and gated community of beautiful duplex homes, vibrant recreation spaces, and a central gathering place, we call The Center, a space designed for connection, education, healing, and growth for our youth.
"Caring for our youth is our sole focus. We outsource therapy and other services so we can be their family. We are an extension of their family, with our hearts dedicated to loving them, and their...our families as our own.
We are present every day and in every moment."
~Tyra Martin, Director of FLY House
The Initiative
Instability leaves scars; every child deserves love, safety, and a sense of belonging.
Home for Good will develop the first of-its-kind foster-youth-only
neighborhood in Central Ohio, pioneering a new approach to foster group care dedicated to providing stable, long-term housing and holistic support for youth in foster care.
Our Home for Good initiative is driven by a simple but powerful mission: to replace instability with continuity, and uncertainty with a sense of belonging through long-term housing, trauma-informed care, and unconditional support; a community where youth can finally unpack and know they are home for good. It is not just housing; it’s healing, family, and future under one roof.
Stability builds the foundation where skills can take root and last.
Through years of reflection, we learned that repeated placement changes deeply wound children, not just through behavior, but through loss. Though 30-day notices are rare, they break our hearts.
In 2024, we identified services that could have prevented every notice and incorporated the outcomes into our initiative to eliminate 30-day notices altogether. Our youth will only leave voluntarily or when reunited with family, placed in a kinship or foster home, or stepping boldly into independence.
We can’t do this alone. Your sponsorship, donations, and belief in our mission make it possible to build a Home for Good residential community that sets a new gold standard for group care and proves that group homes can be safe, loving, and transformative places where youth find stability, belonging, and family.
Statistics & Goals
Ohio has around 16,700 children in foster care while only about 7,000 licensed homes are available to meet this need.
- Placement instability (frequent moves) is directly linked to worse behavioral disorders, emotional distress and mental health outcomes among foster children. Children who fail to achieve stability have a 36%-63% increased risk of behavioral problems over time. PMC
- Frequent placement changes and disconnection from family or support networks significantly increase risk for depression, anxiety, and hopelessness. National Conference of State Legislatures, 2023
- Former foster youth are much more likely than their peers to have mental health diagnoses: e.g. 21.5% PTSD vs 4.5% general population, 15.3% major depression vs 10.6% Casey Family Programs
- Up to 80% of youth in foster care have a significant mental health need, compared to 20% in the general child population. Source: Health Policy Institute of Ohio, 2024
- In Ohio, 10.7 percent of children in foster care had three or more placement changes within 12 months. americashealthrankings.org
- In the year ending June 2022, 503 children in foster care in Ohio spent at least one night in county government offices due to lack of available placements. pcsao.org
- In 2022, 503 children spent at least one night sleeping in county government offices because no placement was available. Source: Public Children Services Association of Ohio (PCSAO), 2024
- In Ohio, 40% of teenagers in the child welfare system were placed in group settings in 2017, compared to 31% in 2007. Children's Defense Fund
With purpose and heart, we’re working to:
Goal
Redefine group foster care in Ohio by building stable, loving, trauma-informed homes where uncertainty is replaced with consistency and every youth feels loved, safe, supported, and deeply rooted in belonging.
Objective
Strengthen Ohio’s capacity to serve youth in permanent care by establishing and scaling a trauma-informed residential model, prioritizing stability, which creates the foundation for growth, allowing youth to develop emotional regulation, life skills, educational success, and leadership capacity while building lifelong connections that empower them to thrive independently and succeed in adulthood.
Measure
Maintain a 90% or higher placement stability rate by significantly reducing unplanned moves, with any transitions occurring only when a higher level of care is clinically necessary. Ensure at least 85% of youth demonstrate measurable growth in core life skills, educational or employment engagement, and emotional regulation within their first year of placement, while improving National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) outcomes for youth in care and those who have emancipated.
When youth overcome the odds, they don't just change their trajectory; they strengthen the entire community.
Rewriting stories through love, consistency, and connection.
Thank You for Making a Difference!
Together, we’re making progress because every child deserves hope!
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