Christian Bale opens foster village to keep siblings together

Actor Christian Bale opened Together California, a foster care village in Palmdale, California, on Friday after nearly two decades of work on the project. The facility consists of twelve furnished single-family homes and an 11,000-square-foot community center, designed to keep siblings together in the foster care system rather than separating them across different placements or group homes. Each sibling group is placed in its own home with a full-time, professionally trained foster parent. The campus also includes two studio apartments for birth parents working toward reunification and for young people aging out of the system. Bale co-founded Together California with his wife, Sibi, and Dr. Eric Esrailian. He began work on the project sixteen years ago and broke ground in February 2024. The facility was funded by donations. Executive director Tim McCormick said the village aims to be "a place where everyone is welcomed, a place that keeps families together, a place that creates community, a place where you can find hope in the most challenging of times." California has more than 60,000 children in foster care, the most of any state, with Los Angeles County having the highest number in the country. The first families are scheduled to move in next month.

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Source: Relevant Magazine — https://relevantmagazine.com/justice/christian-bale-spent-nearly-two-decades-trying-to-keep-foster-siblings-together-his-village-just-opened/