Dream Makers is on a mission to change the lives of youth who have aged out of foster care by connecting the community to their needs.

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    Your donation helps vulnerable foster youth aging out at 18 by providing essential resources for stability and guidance. Your support empowers them to thrive, chase their dreams, and build a future as independent adults.

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  • Fulfill A Dream

    Many youth face barriers that stand in the way of the empowered and connected lives they dream of having. You can help them directly overcome those obstacles.

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  • Understand the Crisis

    Every year, 23,000+ youth exit the foster care system without any support. As a result, they are more likely to face significant struggles.

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Aging Out Kits

Dream Makers Project Receives
2019 Adoption Excellence Award

In 2019, Dream Makers was nominated by Lynn Johnson (Assistant Secretary of the Administration for Children and Families - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) for a prestigious national award. At the event, then Vice President, Mike Pence, recognized the contribution that Dream Makers is having for youth across the nation who have aged out of foster care and bestowed the 2019 Adoption Excellence award. He shared these words about the Dream Makers: “They are meeting their basic needs, connecting them with new opportunities, including employment, and helping them achieve their dreams.”

Award winning. Dream making.

Thank You to our Business Partners

Meet the youth. Read their stories.

Connect with @dreammakersproject on Instagram!

Meet Jesus. He was placed into the foster care system at the age of three. Over the next 15 years, he bounced around between 16 different foster homes, 2 residential treatment centers, and a shelter, facing abuse not only from his biological fa
“So dang proud of my daughter today. She is graduating with a 4.0 in Social Work. She starts her new job protecting kiddos on Monday. She has had a tough life and overcome so much! She went from foster care to being the one to help the same kid
Every putt, drive, and swing during the @mylandmarkhomes charity golf tournament added up to something bigger! We are so grateful to be continually highlighted and supported by them as they make a difference in the lives of youth who have aged out o
There are currently 31 dreams from aged-out foster youth that are waiting to be fulfilled! Would you take a moment to visit our website, view the photos of these youth, and read about the barriers they need removed to move towards their dreams? đź–¤
“I grew up in homes where Thanksgiving dinner was watered-down soup. It’s never too late to donate to foster care places. Just something to think about this holiday season.” These words from a former foster youth are just one examp
“Being in care makes you a chameleon: you have to shift your exterior to fit in — something I would master. But I was restrained on several occasions — once for getting in a petty fight with one of the other boys. More than the phys
When you don't have family, the holidays are excruciating. For thousands of youth in the foster care system, special occasions like Thanksgiving and Christmas serve as painful times that make them feel unwanted, unloved, and as expendable as the left

Contact

Dream Makers
1540 Main St. Unit 218 #331
Windsor, CO 80550

DREAM MAKERS PROJECT IS
A 501(c)(3) NONPROFIT,
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION
(TAX ID #88 - 1301076)

If you are a youth aging out of foster care and want to contact Dream Makers about a dream, we are unable to receive applications below. Please click here!