Program coming soon

First Home is in development. We’re finalizing details with local foster care partners. Want to help? Contact us.

Summit Gives · Treasure Valley, Idaho

First Home Program

Something of their own, from the first night in foster care to a first home.

Summit Solutions giving back to Idaho kids and young adults in foster care, right here in the Treasure Valley.

Led by Danah PhillipsProgram coming soon

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Idaho kids. Idaho homes.

What

Kits, blankets and a helping hand

Welcome Kits, room refreshes, First Home Kits and Move In Days.

Who

Treasure Valley foster youth

Kids entering foster care, and young adults 18 to 23 moving into a first place.

How

Summit funds it. Partners deliver it.

The First Home Fund covers the kits. Local foster care partners know where each one is needed.

Picture night one

A new house. New faces. Nothing of their own.

Many children come into foster care suddenly, sometimes after dark, with only the clothes they are wearing. First Home starts right there: a backpack that is theirs, pajamas that fit, a book for bedtime, and a blanket to pull up close.

How it works

From the first night to a first home

01Night oneWelcome Kits
02A room made readyFoster Family Refresh
03A first placeFirst Home Kits
04Keys in handMove In Day

Part one

First Home for Little Ones

For kids entering foster care

Welcome Kits

A backpack with a First Home Blanket, pajamas, a stuffed animal, a toothbrush, a book and a New Testament Bible, so a child arriving with nothing has something of their own on night one.

First Home Blanket
A New Testament Bible
Pajamas
Stuffed animal
Toothbrush
A book
First Home Blanket
Pajamas
Stuffed animal
Toothbrush
A New Testament Bible

Foster Family Refresh

Planned as part of the program: a free room paint and clean for local foster families getting ready for a new placement.

Painting and cleaning are what our crew does every day. Here, it becomes a fresh, calm room waiting for a child, at no cost to the family.

Refreshes will be arranged through our local foster care partners once the program launches.

Try it

Pack a Welcome Kit

Tap each item to tuck it into the backpack. This is what each child will receive on night one.

Part two

First Home for New Adults

For young people aging out of foster care, ages 18 to 23Idaho lets young adults stay in extended foster care until their 23rd birthday.

First Home Kits

A First Home Blanket and a New Testament Bible, plus bedding, kitchen basics and cleaning supplies for a first apartment.

First Home Blanket
Bedding
Kitchen basics
Cleaning supplies

Young adults will help choose what goes in their kit, so their first place feels like theirs from day one.

Move In Day

The Summit crew will help them move into their first place.

Boxes carried, bed set up, blanket on the bed. Nobody should move into their first home alone.

The heart of First Home

The First Home Blanket

In the Phillips family, a warm blanket has always marked a new beginning. First Home carries that tradition forward.

Every Welcome Kit and every First Home Kit will include a blanket that belongs to one child or one young adult, theirs to keep wherever life takes them. Tucked inside each one, a card:

In our family, a blanket marks a new beginning. This blanket is yours, to welcome you home.

Summit Gives · First Home Program

Want to donate a blanket? New and handmade blankets from our community are welcome. Talk with us about donating a blanket.

Why First Home

Danah knows firsthand what it means when family steps in. First Home is his way of standing up for kids in foster care, from the night a child first arrives to the day a young adult moves into a place of their own.

Summit Solutions proudly backs this program, and Danah leads it.

Danah Phillips Leads the First Home Program

How it is funded

The First Home Fund

Summit Solutions contributes to the First Home Fund to cover the kits, working with local foster care organizations so each kit can reach the right child at the right time.

Summit contributes

Summit puts money into the fund to cover Welcome Kits and First Home Kits.

Local partners

We work with local foster care organizations who know where each kit is needed.

III

Our community

Neighbors and businesses can help with blankets, supplies and time.

Also planned

Family Fun Days

Simple, joyful days outdoors for foster families, planned together with local foster care partners.

Get involved

Want to help?

Whether you want to give, donate a blanket, or you work with kids and families in foster care, we would love to hear from you.

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