Communities Make Belonging Possible
Second Nurture partners with synagogues because they are uniquely equipped to build lasting relationships, share responsibility, and show up for one another. Those same strengths make them powerful places for foster, kinship, adoptive, and guardianship families to find the community every caregiver deserves.
The families we serve come from many faiths, cultures, and backgrounds, and most are not members of the host synagogue. That isn't the point. What matters is that they are welcomed, known, and supported by a community committed to walking alongside them.
Together, volunteers, clergy, staff, and families create communities where no caregiver has to do this alone—and where children can grow up surrounded by the stability, relationships, and belonging every family needs.
Growing Through Partnership
As Second Nurture grows, we're partnering with communities and organizations that share our commitment to surrounding caregiving families with lasting relationships and belonging.
Why Our Work Matters
Kids from foster care, in their own words, on the importance of family. (Three-minute video from our partners at the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption)