Like a tree needs to be rooted on a firm foundation in order to stand, a person needs to be grounded by personal connections in order to be secure. Like a tree needs to be cultivated in order to bloom, a person needs to be nurtured in order to thrive.

Well Rooted believes that a lack of personal connections is a significant contributing factor to foster families quitting within their first year, biological families re-entering the system and the staggering statistics of homelessness, unemployment, incarceration, drug use and pregnancy in the population of young adults aging out of the foster system.

A person’s original “roots” or past relationships can be complicated; they can become weak or even severed. We want to redefine how and where a person can find personal connections in order to become WELL ROOTED.