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What’s a Comfort Case

Comfort Cases are backpacks filled with comfort and personal care items for youth entering the foster care system. Typically, children are given a trash bag to pack up their belongings when they are removed from their homes. We are working to end this practice while providing the essentials for a child’s first few days in foster care.

Inside a Comfort Case
Inside a Comfort Case

 

The Comfort Case is a wonderful trauma-informed intervention.

Children who have learned that they are unimportant receive new things of their own. Toiletries and dental supplies communicate the importance of self-care and self-worth. The stuffed toy and blanket help soothe and comfort. The book provides a healthy distraction and intuitively teaches an important component of stress management. The journal and coloring book help to calm distressing feelings.

– Suzanne Friedman, Ph.D.

Baby with Toy

Donate a Bag to a Baby Up to 2 Years Old

  • Small Duffel Bag or Backpack
  • Pajamas (newborn to 24 months/2t)
  • Baby Socks (newborn to 24 months/2t)
  • Baby Blankets up to 30”x40” or Receiving Blanket
  • Baby Shampoo up to 5oz
  • Baby Body Wash up to 5oz
  • Baby Lotion up to 5oz
  • Diaper Wipes (smaller soft packaging)
  • Diaper Cream
  • Baby Bibs
  • Baby Washcloths
  • Baby Safe Stuffed Animal
    (12” or smaller)
  • Board Book
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Boy with Teddy Bear

Donate a Bag to a Child 3 to 10 years old

  • Small Duffel Bag or Backpack
  • Pajamas, 3T to 8/10 (no nightgowns or spaghetti straps)
  • Bombas Socks
  • Blanket no larger than 30”x40”
  • Toothbrush (1 – 3 pack)
  • Toothpaste (travel size)
  • Shampoo & Conditioner (travel size)
  • Lotion (travel size)
  • Soap or Body Wash (travel size)
  • Stuffed Animal (12” or smaller)
  • Coloring Book & Crayons (8-36 pack)
  • Book
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Donate to a Teen

Donate a Bag to a Teen 11+ years old

  • Small Duffel Bag or Backpack
  • Pajamas, Child Size 10 to Adult 3XL
  • Bombas Socks
  • Blanket no larger than 30”x40”
  • Adult Toothbrush (1 – 3 pack)
  • Toothpaste (travel size)
  • Shampoo & Conditioner (travel size)
  • Lotion (travel size)
  • Soap or Body Wash (travel size)
  • Deodorant
  • Feminine Pads for girls (no tampons)
  • Stuffed Animal (12” or smaller)
  • Journal
  • Pens & Pencils
  • Book
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Rob Scheer in a blue Comfort Cases shirt holding a red backpack and blue Comfort XL duffel bag

We also offer Comfort XL duffel bags which truly replace the need for trash bags for children entering foster care. The Comfort XL is a 32 inch duffel bag that folds up to easily fit on an office shelf, in a desk drawer, or in the trunk of a car.

Our goal is for every social worker and police officer in the country to have a supply of Comfort XL duffel bags to give to children when they are removed from their homes. A trash bag should never be a child’s suitcase. Our Comfort XL duffels are packaged in boxes of 25, and each agency can order up to 2 boxes per month.

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