Applications open on 10/1. 

There will be 2 steps to complete your application this year. Step 1 – Submit an application below to confirm eligibility. Once approved, Step 2 – You will be provided a link to complete a profile on our giving website.

At this time we are accepting applications for up to 200 families, but we reserve the right to cut off or increase applications at any time.

We will review your application and once approved you will receive an email from us with a link to complete your profile on our new platform. Here you will list your wish list items and location. Once that is completed your profile will be available for sponsors to browse and adopt. We will keep your profile live until adopted. Please be patient waiting to get paired. Once a sponsor selects your family, you should receive an email from your sponsor. Please be sure to monitor your spam box for emails. It’s very common sponsors & families miss emails because of the dreaded spam box!  Please note all Adopt A Family correspondence with Honor and Courage Foundation will be through email. Our office will not be able to take calls regarding matters. Thank you for understanding.

When you have completed your initial application and clicked submit you will receive an on screen confirmation message as well as an emailed notification. If you did not receive these your application needs to be resubmitted. If you have trouble submitting your application please check to ensure you have the latest version of your browser, try submitting it from a desktop, or double check you are not missing any required fields. Additionally, if you are getting an error try NOT attaching any documents and instead sending those in a separate email to AdoptaFamily2023@gmail.com. Applications are only accepted electronically. If your application is denied or has any problems we will notify you via email. Generally, if you have not heard from us after you submit your application it means we are working hard to approve you. Please note all Adopt A Family correspondence with Honor and Courage Foundation will be through email. Our office will not be able to take calls regarding matters. Thank you for understanding. 

Those eligible for adoption include active duty military personnel, career or medically retired military, or those honorably discharged from service who have been injured, wounded or acquired a disease during service (50% VA Service Connection or Higher). Priority to post 9/11 era.  Applications from families with no children or Post 9/11 Gold Star Families will also be accepted. Sponsors are only required to provide gifts for each child under the age of 18 living at home. This program is designed to support families in need based on low income or hardship circumstances. Abuse of this program will result in denial of future applications.

*For Post 9/11 Gold Star Families We need documentation showing that the individual was released or discharge from active duty due to his or her death or documentation you are enrolled in a Survivor Benefit Program. For this program we are focused on Post 9/11 families (spouse/children or grandparents/other family taking care of surviving children) having served in Iraq/Afghanistan or later. It is possible the surviving spouse may have remarried since the service members death. Our goal is to help the surviving children of the deceased service member. Children must have been conceived prior to the service members death.

 If you are divorced or legally separated you may not apply as the former or separated spouse. The service member/Veteran should be living in the home (exceptions to this include if veteran is currently in inpatient or residential treatment, etc). If there is a need to provide the children with gifts for Christmas the service member/Veteran is encouraged to apply for assistance. This is done to prevent abuse of the program. Thank you for understanding.

Yes. You will have the option to choose which holiday (Christmas or Hanukkah) you wish to receive holiday support for.

You will be required to provide copies of DD214, VA Disability Rating, and Explanation/Proof of Hardship.  You can upload the documents with your application or gather all items and email documentation to AdoptaFamily2023@gmail.com. Be sure to include your name in the email and when you submitted your application. If emailing please email all items at once. If you do not have the required documentation or submit incomplete documentation you will not be considered for the program. Please gather all info prior to submitting your application. 

You must provide a detailed explanation as to why the hardship/need and provide proof of hardship. Letters of support documenting need from a case manager will greatly increase chances for approval as will providing documents to substantiate a hardship situation. Examples of proof of hardship include – documentation such as a hospital bill, job loss, a past-due mortgage bill, or an eviction notice or a college tuition bill are usually sufficient. This program is designed to support families in need based on low income or extenuating hardship circumstances. PLEASE BE DETAILED IN YOUR NEED IN YOUR APPLICATION.

*For Post 9/11 Gold Star Families We need documentation showing that the individual was released or discharge from active duty due to his or her death or documentation you are enrolled in a Survivor Benefit Program.

The family photo is not required but is very helpful to provide to the sponsor family as it allows them to personally connect more with you and have a visual of those they are helping. One photo is needed.

Sponsoring families will receive your names, general description of injuries or service members date of death if a Gold Star Family, contact info, and family photo. The sponsor family will contact your directly to arrange delivery or request more information if necessary to fulfill your wish. You are not required to personally meet the sponsors. You are also not required to friend the sponsor on social media. If anything makes you uncomfortable – please kindly let your sponsor know and if necessary alert us at AdoptaFamily2023@gmail.com

Please note all information submitted will only be kept on file during the current years program and will be deleted at the conclusion of the program or by December 31st. If you submitted information in prior years you will be required to resubmit with this years application.

NO! Your sponsors are only required to purchase for the children listed on the application. Sponsors are only required to provide gifts for each child under the age of 18 living at home. Asking to support more family members, including those over the age of 18, nieces/nephews or grandchildren, places a burden on our sponsors. Requesting additional assistance is a violation of our program rules and may result in future applications for assistance being denied. As a reminder the sponsors are only required to provide a minimum of $50-$100 food gift card for a holiday meal (depending on the size of the family), and a minimum of 1 gift for each child in the amount of $25 – $50. Gifts for parents are OPTIONAL

Please do not put anything on your list that exceeds $50 per child such as computers, iPads, bicycles, video game systems or other expensive items or send them links to gift registries. The gift requests should range between $25 and $50 per child. Remember this is to help fill a need for families in need. If requesting clothing/shoes please provide sizes/favorite colors, etc. Requests for specific name brand clothing/shoes will be deleted from the list before being provided to your sponsor.

You are not required to send a thank you but it is HIGHLY ENCOURAGED!! It can be a simple email thank you or a card. Please contact your sponsor for their mailing address or you can send the card to us, and we will forward to your sponsor. Our address is Honor and Courage Foundation, 960 Gladwyn Rd. Warminster PA 18974 . Please be sure to include a note listing your sponsors name. You are required however to notify your sponsor that the gifts were received.

This is a voluntary program and sometimes situations change for our sponsors and they need to withdraw their application. In most cases we will do our best to repair you with an available sponsor. We cannot guarantee you will be repaired. If your sponsor does not contact you within 1 week please let us know.. If it’s getting close to the Dec 10th shipping deadline and you have not heard anything PLEASE let us know versus waiting until last minute so we can do our best to ensure you get gifts in time.