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Because...Every Child Deserves a Future

Aldea's Vision

Aldea Children and Family Services has been changing lives and creating bright futures since 1972. The organization empowers young people with serious social, mental, and behavioral difficulties to grow to be independent, productive adults through professional, compassionate mental health and child welfare services.

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Aldea's Launches an Adoption Program

Aldea now offers an Adoption Program! This program will be an extension of Aldea’s foster care program that began in 1987. Through the new adoption program Aldea hopes to help many children find “forever families.”

We can all agree that the very best place for a child to be is in a family. Unfortunately, there are many children who are cannot safely live with their parents. There are currently more than 500,000 children in the U.S. who reside in some form of foster care. Of that 500,000 nearly 130,000 children are legal orphans, with no permanent place to call home. When relatives and kin are unable to provide a temporary home for these children, foster parents become the temporary family for them. Sometimes children will never be able to return home and live safely with their parent. Adoptive parents become the permanent family for many of these children.

Aldea hopes to facilitate permanency through adoption for many of these children. Aldea will recruit, identify and prepare families hoping to adopt a child. Aldea will also assist to make an appropriate match between child and family and then help the adoptive family through the legal process. Social work staff will continue to be involved after the adoption in order to provide support and ensure its success. If you have interest in adoption please call us at 707-557-4560 ext. 124.

Aldea's New Home! Come by for a visit!

Aldea Children and Family Services opens the doors to the Allen Ewig building at 1546 First Street!

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Campaign For A New Home

Aldea Children and Family Services has just moved into our new home at 1546 First Street. As one of the larger non-profit organizations in the Napa Valley, Aldea has put the needs of children first for nearly four decades. We serve children who suffer abuse and neglect, or who struggle with emotional and mental difficulties. For kids like these, for their families and for adults with disabilities, Aldea Children and Family Services has been an advocate and shining source of hope. And for over 35years, our therapists and social workers have been committed to the health and well being of the most vulnerable in Napa and Solano counties. Last year, Aldea helped over 1,500 emotionally troubled and traumatized children and their families find support, safety, and healing. Today we face a new challenge... to fund our new home. To accomplish this we have launched a $2.5 million capital campaign called, Aldea’s Campaign for a New Home in August of this year.

With gifts and pledges of $1.5 million already obtained, we are substantially on our way to reaching our campaign goal of $2.5million. With successful completion of the Campaign for a New Home sometime in 2009, we will be able to retire the mortgage on the building. By retiring the mortgage, Aldea can then redirect those funds to services for children and families.

We are planning a capital campaign donor appreciation event in June to recognize all contributors to the Allen Ewig Building. Donate TODAY and be part of that celebration. (click here to donate)

Staff Spotlight

Bio: Jill Steiner-Dong has been working at Aldea for 19 years!!! Jill works at the ADAPT program which provides a highly structures, therapeutic education setting for high school students with emotional difficulties.

I love my job and the kids at ADAPT. The experience of being a part of each student’s life, watching them grow both physically and emotionally, and to see them graduate from high school makes this work very rewarding. During my 19 years with Aldea I have grown as well; I got married, had a baby and with the support of Aldea supervisors and co-workers I was inspired to continue my education and earned a B.A. in Management from Saint Mary’s College. Thank you Jill for all that you do for Aldea and the kids in the ADAPT program!

Donate Your Car

Automobile donations are an incredibly fast and easy way to help Aldea Children & Family Services. Your car donations help support our vital work and are an easy way for you to get rid of an unwanted vehicle. Donate your automobile to us.