Joshua Academy is a Christian therapeutic academic & residential program for male children in the foster care & juvenile detention centers in the 6th–12th grade and 18-21 year old who have aged out of foster care. Students live in family-style homes with trauma trained houseparents, share evening meals, and are mentored by the same adults from middle school through college.
We pair academic rigor with social-emotional support, life-skills development, and quiet, steady Christian formation. The combination is rare — and the evidence for each piece is decades deep.
A system that graduates
too few of them.
Maryland has more than three thousand eight hundred children in foster care right now. Many will move homes more than once this year. Many will sit through more first days of school than birthdays.
By the time they age out, one in four will be without housing within four years. One in three will be without enough food. These are not statistics about strangers. They are the children we keep meaning to do something about.
children in Maryland's foster care system today.
of youth who age out experience homelessness within four years.
of youth who age out face food insecurity.
of foster youth complete high school or GED (vs. 95% of peers).
Five pillars.
Educational Transformation
Rigorous academics, evidence-based curriculum, measurable outcomes.
Foster Youth Advocacy
Stability, structure, and dignity for children the system has overlooked.
Faith & Character
Christian values, moral formation, and a clear sense of self.
Community & Family
Family-style residential housing with caring adults at the center.
Long-Term Impact
Stewardship from sixth grade through college and into adulthood.