About The Alliance

We are passionate Christ followers who choose to enter the storm and show Radical Hospitality to our hurting neighbors. 

OUR STORY
A vision that began at 1 church 14 years ago has grown into an ALLIANCE.

Our team has helped 98 churches and 4800+ people craft intentional efforts in this space. Together, we will end the foster care crisis.

The South Texas Alliance for Orphans was created by a group of foster/adopt industry veterans including our Founder and Executive Director, church leaders, foster/adopt families and child placing agency professionals in 2012 under the name San Antonio Alliance for Orphans. We met monthly for 2 years collaborating on how we, the church, could unite and fulfill our biblical call to care for children in the foster/adopt system.

A small team including our Executive Director, a board member and a small team of foster parents successfully launched a ministry at their church and started handing off the model to other churches desiring to see ministry happen in their church.

Over the years, our Executive Director gleaned wisdom from other area models across the state and nation like Fostering Hope Austin, Embrace Texas, Hope Local, Project 127, Promises 686 and Christian Alliance for Orphans. In 2015, the name of the Alliance was changed to more adequately represent the region we serve of South Texas.

In September of 2016, First Presbyterian granted the Alliance seed money to launch as a DBA non-profit. The Alliance received their 501c3 designation in July of 2018. The Alliance serves and equips a collaborative church movement to solve the foster crisis from family crisis to youth aging out

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THE SOLUTION IS YOU
No one church, person, or family can fill all of the roles needed.
It requires an Alliance of everyone playing their piece to bring restoration and healing to families. We exist to help you craft intentional efforts in this space.
Churches in the Alliance

Here are our 4 Church Engagement Specialists and the churches that they serve. 

Jocelyn Wilson

Director of Church Engagement

Alex Wallendorff

Church Engagement Specialist

Brittany Flournoy

Church Engagement Specialist

Businesses in the Alliance
Alliance Legacy Donors
OUR TEAM
The Alliance Staff

Jennifer Smith

Executive Director

Jamye Cappadonna

Director of Operations

Bethann Jackson

Operations Coordinator

Jocelyn Wilson

Director of Church Engagement

Mike Kraft

Director of Pastoral Engagement

Laura Fischer

Community Engagement Specialist

Alex Wallendorff

Church Engagement Specialist

Brittany Flournoy

Church Engagement Specialist

The Alliance Board of Directors

Teresa McCaleb

Board President

Melody McCrea

Board Secretary

Mike Sharrow

Board Member

Fred Wall

Board Treasurer

Aaron Banks

Board Member

Mark Carvajal

Board Member

Connect with an Alliance Engagement Specialist

Play your “piece” and contact us today!

Our History

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Our Goals

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