LAPP ensures successful futures for children in foster care by increasing the capacity of their caregivers to meet their needs.  We encourage and support foster and adoptive parents and relatives caring for children in foster care and the professionals and volunteers who work with them. We provide information, tools and tips for navigating the complexities of "the system." We advocate for new approaches to recruiting and retaining caregiver families and support policies that sustain families caring for children living apart from their parents in foster care.

LAPP provides self-help legal information, training, consulting, and policy development for caregiver families and their child welfare partners. We work to improve communication between families and social workers, service providers, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs), attorneys, and the courts. We educate the general public about the fostering, guardianship and adoptive process to ensure that every child in foster care finds a permanent, loving family.