See our Website for Locations Since 1981, the nonprofit foster family agency, Environmental Alternatives, has been doing its part in Northern California, providing nurturing homes with love to match with foster children. visiting the kids and their foster parents Our social workers are matched with a maximum of 15 children, weekly. In addition to placement with individual families, Environmental Alternatives operates several six-bed group homes and a 30 bed group home, as well as offering transitional rental housing for youth aged 18-24, who have aged out of foster care. We are also proud to own and operate Lake Francis RV Resort near Dobbins, CA. Open to the public, the proceeds from the resort go to sending approximately 100 foster children to our kids camp, Camp Rockin' U, along with nearly 500 young campers, not in foster care, age seven to 14.