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Weekend Miracles® Hosting

To become a Weekend Miracles host parent, you must live in the Washington, DC or Los Angeles metropolitan areas. All host parents are required to complete a host inquiry form, attend a Weekend Miracles orientation and training program and satisfy the requirements of local Child and Family Services departments, which includes background clearances and a home study. For more information on Weekend Hosting, please refer to our Weekend Miracles FAQs.

Summer Miracles® Hosting

To become a Summer Miracles host parent, you must live in or near one of our Summer Miracles communities: Southern CA; Metro Washington DC (including Northern VA and MD); Atlanta, GA; Metropolitan NY (including NJ, NY and CT); and Austin, TX. In addition, host parents must fulfill all program requirements and are required to complete a host inquiry form. For more information on the program, please refer to the Summer Miracles FAQ (PDF).

Fees: Host parents are required to complete a host parent application (2010 application coming soon) and pay a $250 application fee. Upon satisfactory completion of program requirements, host parents pay an $1250 hosting fee and are matched with a participating child. Hosting fees are applied to the cost of a child’s participation in the program. Fees are charged once per family, regardless of the number of children that are hosted. Fees are non-refundable.