What We Do

We know what we do works. Academic success, combined with social and recreational enrichment, is the key to opportunity for children coping with the effects of abuse and neglect. Treehouse serves kids in foster care with six programs:

• The Wearhouse is a free store where kids shop for clothing they need in styles they want, along with school supplies, toys, books and other essentials.
• Little Wishes pays for activities and experiences that every child deserves – things as small as hair care and as big as drivers’ ed.
• Summer Camp sends kids on adventures that create memories for a lifetime.
• Tutoring helps bridge the educational achievement gap between foster kids and their classmates from more stable homes.
• Educational Advocacy works statewide to protect students’ educational rights and remove barriers to school success. This is the only Treehouse program that operates beyond King County.
• College and Career Planning Foster kids deserve to believe in and plan their own futures. College and Career planning helps foster youth in 6th – 12th grades explore career options, develop a plan for their future, and implement that plan step by step—with special attention to critical transitions (i.e. transition from middle school to high school.)  Whether it’s pursuing a four-year degree, community college or a trade program, or embarking on working life, College and Career Planning gets foster youth on the right path.