Child Protection

Children of Armenia Sponsorship Program (CASP)

Homeless Children’s Center (HCC)

Since its founding in 2000, HCC has transformed the way Armenia cares for its neglected and abandoned youth. Initially providing basic crisis intervention and temporary shelter, the center is now a full-service facility for at-risk youth. HCC is equipped with temporary housing, rehabilitation programs, counseling and foster care, and also links children and families to other proper services through a Child Protection Network.

Foster Care

FAR took the lead in partnering with the government and other non-profit organizations to develop a family-centered alternative to institutionalization. Since the foster care system was started in 2005, 67 children have been placed in loving foster families.

Children of Armenia Sponsorship Program (CASP)

In 2007, the Women’s Guild Central Council of Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern) selected FAR to operate this program, which connects donors in the Armenian Diaspora to Armenian children who are in critical need of financial support. Through FAR , donors provide direct support to 1,300 young Armenians, most of whom are orphans.