Fostering Success for Georgia’s Foster Care Youth
Meet Jake, a resilient young man who entered foster care at 17 and never gave up on his dream of earning a college degree. With the support of his foster dad and the Fostering Success Act, Jake found stability, purpose, and a path forward. Now, he’s graduating from Kennesaw State University with plans to launch his own nonprofit and give back to others.
2025 Tax Credit
Our goal is to change the narrative and significantly improve the statistics and future for the overlooked and underserved young people now aging out of our foster care system.
%
will experience
homelessness
%
of boys encounter law enforcement within 4 years, committing crimes to survive while on the streets
%
of girls will become
pregnant within one year
%
will wind up in chronic poverty or worse without a stable support system
The Fostering Success Act will generate up to $20 million per year to support unadopted youth making the transition into adulthood to remove barriers in completing their post-secondary education. Funds will be distributed to carefully vetted, accountable organizations directly to young people actively enrolled in Georgia’s public colleges or vocational training programs. And it will cover everything from tuition and books to food, housing, transportation, healthcare, and other basic needs.
Dale Cardwell shares a powerful message about how Georgia taxpayers can transform the lives of young people aging out of foster care — at no cost to themselves.Dale’s challenge to you? Take just a few minutes to visit fosteringsuccessact.org and sign up. It’s easy, impactful, and it’s how you can help build a better future — not with a donation, but with money you already owe in taxes.
A Letter from Our Chairman
When I was 13, I entered our state’s foster care system, where I remained until I aged out when I turned 18.
As a young person, I was blessed to have both known and anonymous individuals like you provide me with support and opportunities at critical times.
Together, let’s make this type of support the norm!
Your support of Fostering Success Act, Inc. will be given back to you in a 100% credit through your Georgia income taxes. More importantly, your funds will directly support the education, training, housing, food, transportation, healthcare, mental health, and other necessary living expenses of our local foster youth.
We will work to ensure your contributions are responsibly distributed and accounted for to ensure maximum, positive impact.
Chairman, Fostering Success Act, Inc.
Chairman & CEO, Jackson Healthcare
Georgia tax filers can apply to receive 100 percent tax credit for donations made to qualified foster support organizations.