About Treehouse
Treehouse ensures young people in foster care have the opportunities they need to succeed in school and in life. We provide direct support to youth and transform the systems around them—changing what is possible through education.
Treehouse ensures young people in foster care have the opportunities they need to succeed in school and in life. We provide direct support to youth and transform the systems around them—changing what is possible through education.
Our Vision
Every young person impacted by foster care determines their own future and builds the life of their dreams.
Our Mission
Treehouse creates opportunities for young people in foster care to thrive.
Students in foster care don’t lack ability or aspiration. Yet they experience some of the lowest educational outcomes. Why? Because the foster care system is built for their safety, not their long-term success.
Graduating from high school dramatically improves a young person’s future. A diploma opens the door to education, career, and economic opportunity—reducing the likelihood of unemployment, homelessness, and incarceration.
Our strategic goal is simple but powerful: young people in foster care graduate from high school and initiate their post-high school education and career pathway at the same rate as their peers.
Our direct service helps young people today. Our work to improve systems helps change what is possible for every young person tomorrow.
We meet youth where they are and help them get where they want to go. Treehouse provides academic support, everyday essentials, and the resources they need to stay on track in school and launch into young adulthood with confidence.
Young people in foster care navigate many systems—like education, child welfare, housing, health care, and juvenile justice. Through our work with young people, we identify what’s working, what’s not, and how systems can do better. We partner to improve policies, strengthen practice, and build systems that ensure every young person succeeds.
By directly serving youth and improving the systems around them, we’re changing what’s possible through education for every young person experiencing foster care.
In 1988, a group of social workers founded Treehouse on the belief that kids in foster care deserve every opportunity to succeed and need a community cheering them on. They started small by raising money for birthday presents, school supplies, and swimming lessons.
Our founding belief has remained the same, but our approach has evolved. Around 1995, Treehouse began focusing on the educational outcomes of students experiencing foster care, setting our strategic goal around graduation parity in 2012. Powered by committed staff, generous donors, and motivated partners, Treehouse has become Washington’s leading organization that is closing the educational opportunity gap for youth in foster care.
Our young people continue to show us that with intentional, individualized support and systems built for their success, they can thrive in school, plan for their future, and transition successfully into young adulthood.
Many diverse factors impact the lives of youth in foster care. It’s important to understand the challenges and opportunities for change.
As a nonprofit organization, we value every donation and volunteer hour we receive and are responsible stewards of our financial resources.
If you’re passionate about our mission to improve the lives and futures of youth in foster care, we’d love to meet you.
Join us in our mission to create opportunities for young people in foster care to thrive!
