Foster Care · Kinship · Adoption
Good Hearts Youth + Family Services matches children and young adults in Texas foster care with loving, trained families.
Support for families
24/7 On-Call
What We Do
From infants to young adults, Good Hearts offers a continuum of care for children in the custody of Texas DFPS.
Weekly contact, monthly home visits, and a check-in within 7 days of every new placement.
Individual and family therapy with professional behavioral health providers, plus psychological appraisal.
NTDC pre-service training plus Trauma Informed Care, Normalcy, Medical Consent and more.
Staff are reachable by cell phone, and our on-call system handles every after-hours emergency.
Our Philosophy
We train our foster parents to be not just foster parents, but parents to the children placed in their care.
On Foster Parenting
“Our philosophy on being a foster parent with Good Hearts is that we want to strive to be the best for the children in our care.”
Children should look and feel as though they belong to a natural birth family. A Good Hearts parent wants a child in their home not for the value the child can bring into the home, but for the value the parent can instill in the child.
Read moreOn Foster Children
“The label ‘foster child' will fade away, and through the love of their family each child will know that they belong.”
Every child in our care will know they are loved, and will be given every opportunity to improve their functioning level. They will be treated as a child in a loving environment.
Read moreWe train you, visit every month and answer the phone 24/7.
Become a Foster ParentHow It Works
Our Foster Home Developers guide you through the whole licensing process, from your first phone call to your first placement.
Call our main office. One of our Foster Home Developers will talk with you about the process and send you a Prospective Parent Information Packet, then schedule a home visit.
(281) 298-4028A Good Hearts staff member visits your home. Because many of our children have experienced neglect or abuse, we license only families who are able to meet their special needs.
We confirm you meet the initial eligibility criteria, and you complete NTDC pre-service training (or Adoption training for adoptive families).
Together we make an informed decision. If either of us decides not to move forward, we'll explain why in writing and suggest other ways you can help children.
A Word From Our Founder
“God saw my tears and heard my heart's cry, and His only spoken words were ‘Good Heart'.”
Joyce Watson always had a heart for displaced children. A foster and adoptive mother herself, she founded Good Hearts to give every child a family that truly loves them.
Joyce Walker
Founder & Executive Director
Meet Our TeamOur Families
Get Involved
Give a child a safe, loving home. We license families in Houston and support them with training, a case manager and 24/7 on-call help.
Learn how to beginHelp with parties, trainings, mailings, fundraising and more. Volunteers must be 18 or older.
Volunteer with us
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