We serve young women ages 18-25 who have aged out of foster care or are facing homelessness.
We provide safe housing in a dorm-style setting and offer each young woman educational assistance, career guidance, coaching, counseling, and more.
Meet “Grace”
Saving Grace NWA founder Becky Shaffer was removed from her abusive home and placed into foster care at the age of 12. God has used her story to transform the lives of more than 250 girls who have experienced homelessness in Northwest Arkansas.
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23K
youth age out of foster care each year in the U.S. on their 18th birthdays.
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Less Than 3%
will achieve a college education in their lifetime, and only 1 of every 2 will be employed by age 24.
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20%
of children aging out on their 18th birthdays will become instantly homeless.
Get Involved
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Living at Saving Grace provides young women with more than a safe place to stay. It offers the relationships, coaching, life skills, and opportunities you need to heal, gain independence, and build a stable future of your own.
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Every gift to Saving Grace provides more than shelter—it equips young women aging out of foster care or facing homelessness with safe housing, counseling, life skills, education, mentoring, and the support they need to build independent, generationally transformed lives.
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Serving at Saving Grace means investing your time, talents, and heart to mentor, encourage, and empower young women on their journey from crisis to confidence, creating lasting change that extends for generations.
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Grace Repurposed is a semiannual newsletter that includes Saving Grace updates and highlights stories from our residents and alumni.
