Every Child Deserves a Home.

Our mission is to build strong permanent families and lifelong relationships for Virginia’s at-risk children and youth.


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The Mintz Family - Participants in the Post Adoption program

We invite you to join us for our 2023 Annual Event!

Join us for an evening of fun, fellowship, and refreshments as we celebrate CHSVA’s many accomplishments and support an even brighter future.

The event will be held on Thursday, May 11th from 5:00pm-9:00pm at Main Line Brewery in Richmond, VA. Featuring Keynote Speaker, Rob Scheer, founder of Comfort Cases and author of A Forever Family: Fostering Change One Child at a Time. We will also have live music from Heinsohn & Day, a groove based, harmony-infused acoustic duo.

Click here to learn more and purchase tickets. We hope to see you there!

My Path Forward

Empowering Former Foster Youth

My Path Forward provides foster youth who “aged out” of the system without being adopted with housing, trauma-informed counseling, and critical supports to help them achieve independence.

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Waiting Children

Over 700 children are available for adoption right now. But time is running out. Childhood doesn’t last forever. You can end the wait. Adopt a child from foster care.



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What Is Family?

Children in foster care are removed from unsafe families. Then they have no family. Their future is unknown. They may not even be adopted. What happens when teens aren’t adopted?

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