Founded in 1902, Stoddard began as a dream for a retirement home for Baptist ministers, their wives and/or their widows. Stoddard received initial funding through the heirs of Miss Maria T. Stoddard, a widely known Washington philanthropist of the late nineteenth century.

Since 1902, until this final phase of the 20th century, Stoddard has always been led by men and women of vision who have constantly increased the effort to serve the wider community.

For Children’s Sake (FCS) is a private non-profit corporation founded in 1997 and incorporated in Virginia in 2002. FCS provides a variety of services to adults, families and children in our community, including adult mental health support, therapeutic foster care and pre-adoptive services, mentoring and outpatient therapy. We approve foster homes throughout Northern Virginia, and have a culturally diverse staff that is professional and well trained in a number of human services fields. FCS also believes in giving back to our profession and community by always providing training to local colleges for students in need of internship practicum experience.