for the people who find foster families
The mom at the church fair who said “maybe someday.”The coworker who asked one quiet question and never brought it up again. Porchlight remembers them, stays gently in touch for years, and welcomes them back the day they're ready.
“We talk to forty people at a fair. By Monday… all forty are gone.We don't know how to capture that.”
— recruitment lead, Arizona licensing agency
the problem, plainly
Every system in child welfare wakes up when someone fills out an application. But families don't begin at a form — they begin at a table, a conversation, a maybe when my youngest is older. Porchlight is the first tool built for that tender, years-long in-between.
six little steps
Every other tool only sees the last two steps. Porchlight walks the whole path — especially the slow, quiet parts.
They're in a pew, a break room, a neighborhood group. Fostering hasn't crossed their mind — yet. We remember the places you showed up.
Porchlight's job ♥They stopped at your table for two minutes. One QR code, one field, ten seconds — and they're no longer a stranger you'll never see again.
Porchlight's job ♥Am I eligible? Can I afford it? We answer the questions people are too shy to ask out loud, gently, one at a time.
Porchlight's job ♥“Ask me in two years.” That's not a no — it's a promise. We set a wake-up date and keep the porch light on until they're ready.
Porchlight's job ♥They raise their hand. We note where their story truly began and hand them warmly to your licensing team.
A few months later, a child has a home. And you can trace it all the way back to that Saturday at the fair.
Steps 1–4 aren't a sales funnel. They're a waiting room measured in years — and we keep it warm.
what's inside
Capture
A QR code made on your phone in the parking lot. One field. Every person remembered, along with where you met them.
The waiting room
Other tools throw “not yet” in the trash. We give it a wake-up date and a quiet quarterly hello — warmth, never pressure.
Nurture
What does it cost? Do I qualify? A week in the life. Honest answers arrive right on time — and a human reply always pauses the machine.
Ambassadors
Your current foster parents are your warmest storytellers. Each gets a personal link, and every family they inspire is counted.
The ledger
Which Saturdays became homes? Cost per licensed home, by source, over years — one page your director can hold up in any board meeting.
worth a Saturday?
| Where we showed up | People met | Homes | Cost / home |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foster families inviting friends | 62 | 9 | $0 + 3 hrs |
| Church & community fairs | 318 | 17 | $140 |
| “Not yet” folks who came back | 86 | 6 | $12 |
| Paid social ads | 441 | 2 | $4,700 |
| Radio campaign | 73 | 0 | ∞ |
now welcoming one design partner
One Arizona agency, one recruiter, one real event — thirty people who would otherwise have evaporated. That's the whole pilot.
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