Empowering foster and at-risk youth since 1906, we're on a mission to build bright futures through vital services that inspire hope and drive change. Serving over 600 at-risk youth and their families every day, Optimist provides a full continuum of care by supporting children in their homes, in foster care, and in residential settings with trauma-informed and evidence-based practices designed to develop emotional resilience, social support systems, educational attainment, and independent adult lives.