Lifegains, who we are and what we do.

Lifegains is a private, not-for-profit foster care agency. We are in the business of building families. Just as the name signifies, our purpose is to help ensure that the lives we touch thrive and flourish; that children are given the opportunity to achieve success. We provide safe nurturing homes for children while their families are working through difficult situations.

Lifegains trains and licenses couples or single adults to care for children who need out of home placement. Great care is taken in matching the strengths of our foster families with the needs of the child to ensure successful placements.

Many adults who would make excellent foster parents have misconceptions about the requirements to become foster parents. Foster families don’t have to have lots of money, be homeowners or stay at home full time. You just have to be over the age of twenty-one, caring, and committed everyday people.
 
There are approximately 11,000 children in care in the state of North Carolina; roughly 140 of those children are Pitt County citizens. These children come from many different backgrounds and either return to their families, are adopted or age out of care. Sometimes the difference between a success story and a lifetime of difficulty is a meaningful connection to a caring adult who becomes a supportive and lasting presence in their lives. Give fostering a second thought!

We provide ongoing training, frequent in-home supervision, 24-hour-per-day access to consultation services, and financial support. Lifegains staff members work as a team with the foster parents, birth families, and human service professionals to coordinate all necessary services, and support permanency efforts. The current economic trend has led to an even greater need for caring foster families.

Please consider how you can help enrich the lives of others. For more information visit www.lifegains.org or call the Greenville office at 252-756-9939. Lifegains also has offices in Burlington, Morganton and Asheville. For more than 20 years, we have provided families for children in need. Our mission, for every family, is to foster love, comfort, and stability, so that every life gains fulfillment.

 Trudy Robinson
 Regional Trainer