Register Today For Our 4th Annual Austin Hooper Charity Golf Tournament!
Our Mission
To make a difference for foster care children with an emphasis on those aging out of the system. The system is flawed and we want to make a difference. The Austin Hooper Foundation will help these children find their passion and a career to be a productive member of society.
Play your part. Every dollar counts!
Help make a change in a child’s life.
When these young people age out of the system at 18 or 21 years of age, they are often ill-equipped to navigate a successful path to a self-sufficient and independent adulthood. That’s precisely when they become most vulnerable — to homelessness, human trafficking, and a host of other threats and obstacles to their well-being and future happiness.
According to the U.S. Administration for Children and Families (ACF), by age 21, at least 26% of young people who aged out of foster care in the United States experienced a period or more of homelessness; a third lacked a high school diploma; and 25% had no health insurance. A quarter of these youth already had fathered or given birth to a child.