Program Overview
Who They Are
Project Belong Maryland inspires, recruits, and resources local churches to care for children, youth, and families impacted by foster care — serving as the bridge between Maryland churches and child welfare. Driven by the conviction that every child belongs in a family, that children flourish in a church community, and that healing happens in relationship, they equip congregations across the state to step into the foster care movement in practical, sustainable ways.
A registered 501(c)(3), Project Belong Maryland mobilizes churches across three focus areas — launching Wraparound Care Teams, helping youth shift from “Aging-Out” to “Aging-In” to a local community, and providing frontline Social Worker Support — so that no family or worker in the child welfare system has to carry the weight alone.
Project Belong Maryland mobilizes churches to walk alongside foster, adoptive, and kinship families statewide
Programs & Services
How They Help
Project Belong Maryland launches church-based Wraparound Care Teams that surround foster, adoptive, and kinship families with practical, ongoing support — meals, respite, encouragement, and community — so families don't carry the weight of caring for vulnerable children alone.
Rather than letting youth simply “age out” of foster care with nowhere to turn, Project Belong Maryland helps young people transition into a local church community — building lasting relationships and a sense of belonging that carries them into adulthood.
Recognizing the toll of frontline child welfare work, Project Belong Maryland mobilizes churches to support social workers directly — helping increase retention and sustain the workforce that Maryland's foster children depend on every day.
Reach Out
Connect With the Team
Executive Director
Jason Float
Executive Director, Project Belong Maryland
info@projectbelongmd.org (443) 216-9896Get Involved
Churches & Volunteers
Local Advocates & Skill-Based Volunteers
Join@ProjectBelongMD.org Volunteer@ProjectBelongMD.orgGet Involved
Ways to Support
Maryland churches can partner to launch a foster care movement at Join@ProjectBelongMD.org. Local advocates can help mobilize their church community through the same address, and skill-based volunteers can serve remotely in tech, marketing, design, or admin at Volunteer@ProjectBelongMD.org. Monthly donors can give at projectbelongmaryland.org/donate — $10.32/month supports a social worker, $51.60/month establishes a Wraparound Care Team, and $129/month equips a youth mentor.
Connect With Project Belong Maryland
Bridging Maryland churches and child welfare — building Wraparound Care Teams, helping youth age in rather than age out, and supporting social workers on the frontline.
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