Folsom's Hope

Folsom's Hope plays a crucial role in addressing the unique needs of families in Folsom by providing essential educational, social, and emotional support. Without Folsom's Hope, there are no other available programs offering after-school activities or one-on-one mentoring for local families. Many of the students we serve are eligible for services like homeless assistance and free school meals, and all of them face academic challenges. Our programs are vital for supporting at-risk youth in need of targeted interventions.

These young people often grapple with difficult circumstances such as parental incarceration, homelessness, unstable living situations, and absent caregivers. Our mission is to provide relationship-based programs that address their educational, physical, social, and emotional needs. Research indicates that children who lack sufficient resources early in life are significantly more likely to engage in delinquency, face legal issues, experience teenage pregnancies, or drop out of school. Folsom's Hope aims to prevent our participants from becoming statistics through community-focused efforts.

Folsom does not have Title I schools, which disqualifies us from traditional grant funding based on poverty levels at the schools we serve. As a result, we rely entirely on private and business donations to fund our programming. Before Folsom's Hope, no support programs existed in Folsom to address the needs of at-risk students, making our work even more critical to the community.