A faith-based nonprofit providing former foster youth ages 18–26 and birth mothers with care packages, mentorship, housing, and life-changing global experiences.
✨ "It's more than just a care package — it's Hope, Time, and Chance." ✨
Our Mission
Bridging the Gap. Opening Every Door.
Ashley Adoption Project Inc. bridges the gap between birth mothers and their adoptive children through the healing power of the fine arts — creating safe, structured, and supportive environments for families to reconnect and restore. We provide care packages, mentorships, job training, housing, and mental health support to foster youth ages 18–26. Because every young adult deserves to be seen, loved, and worthy of a fully restored life filled with purpose.
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Hope
Romans 15:13
God gave hope when there was none. An adopted child called and spoke life back. Ashley Adoption Project IS that phone call for every foster youth aging out with no one calling.
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Time
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Ashley carried 17 years of silence. A rape. Then a hidden pregnancy. A secret that nearly broke her. God used and allowed time to work out the kinks of brokenness in her soul through forgiveness — letting go of the hurt and pain and releasing it back into the hands of The Father. "He makes all things beautiful in His time."
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Chance
Genesis 50:20
"What the enemy meant for evil — God meant for good." People don't need pity. They need one open door. Ashley Adoption Project is that door.
"I felt like I had nothing to live for. But then I got a phone call. The only person in the world that could speak over my life — that kid. He told me I was the strongest, most resilient person he knows. He thanked me for giving him a chance to live. And in doing so, he spoke life back into me."
God Called It. She Believed It. Now She's Building It.
Ashley McClary is a birth mother, survivor, and conqueror. She carried silence for 17 years — gave birth, placed her child for adoption, and started in a championship basketball game three days later. Because that is what More Than Conquerors do.
Then the phone rang. Her adopted child called — and that phone call became the heartbeat of Ashley Adoption Project. Ashley Adoption Project IS that call.
"Surely you will live and not die." — Psalm 118:17
We Are His Masterpieces
Every Person Is a Masterpiece.
Not broken. Not forgotten. Not a statistic. Every foster youth, every birth mother, every young adult who has ever felt unseen — God calls them His Masterpiece. And so do we.
"Do you know what it takes to create a MASTERPIECE?! The richest museums in the entire world are full of them — and there's always an incredible STORY behind the artwork. Each one is different. Enclosed off. Sealed. Made timeless."— Ashley McClary · Ephesians 2:10
The Foundation
Whatever breaks you — God uses it for His glory.
"Going THROUGH the darkness is the goal — one foot in front of the other. Then everything after, SHINES. OVERCOMER."
"Darkness is required — or there would be no reason for light."
"Overcoming darkness — everything you touch shines. Darkness can't do that. That is what makes you an Overcomer."
"God calls us His MASTERPIECE!!!! and I BELIEVE IT!! Amen" 🌸 — Ashley McClary
The Open Door Legacy
One Unbroken Chain of Open Doors
That slogan was not invented. It was inherited. ✝️
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1971
The Jackson 5
Brought six unknown men from Tuskegee on a 750,000-person tour. Motown signed The Commodores on the spot.
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1980
The Commodores
Thomas McClary opened the door for Bob Marley at MSG — the first time Marley ever performed before a Black American audience.
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Legacy
Bob Marley
Whose circle closes at the Rita Marley Foundation in Ghana. One open door echoing across generations.
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Now
Ashley Adoption Project
Opening the door for 20,000+ foster youth and birth mothers who have never had anyone open a door for them at all.
"Don't be a dream killer — Open Doors." That slogan was not invented. It was inherited. 🌸
Sacred Soil · Generational Purpose
Returning to Tuskegee. A Full Circle Moment 100 Years in the Making.
The thread running through all of it is the same: people just need an opportunity.
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Booker T. Washington
Built Tuskegee from nothing — brick by brick
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George W. Carver
Orphan who became a genius at Tuskegee
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Tuskegee Airmen
Conquered the sky on this sacred soil
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Tom Joyner
Original band with Thomas · $71M for HBCUs
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Thomas McClary
FOUNDER of The Commodores · Commodores Museum on MLK Blvd
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Ashley McClary
Returning to birth Ashley Adoption Project on generational ground
"People just need an opportunity." — That is the whole mission. ✝️
The Crisis
The Numbers Don't Lie. That's Why We Show Up.
Every year, 20,000+ young people age out of foster care into nothing. No family. No call. No door opened for them. Ashley Adoption Project exists to change that.
20,000+
Youth age out of foster care every year — one every 26 minutes
70%
Will be incarcerated by age 26 without intervention and support
1 in 5
Become homeless within one year of aging out of the system
Only 3%
Earn a college degree vs. 36% of the general population
50%
Struggle with mental health challenges with zero professional support
328K+
Children currently in U.S. foster care — waiting for someone to open a door
The Women the System Forgot
Birth Mothers — Hidden. Forgotten. Worthy.
Birth mothers are not a footnote to the adoption story — they are the story. AAP is building the first comprehensive support ecosystem that honors their courage and walks with them far beyond the day of placement.
Over 90%
Of birth mothers receive zero post-placement support
95%
Report feeling completely alone throughout the entire process
Nearly 2×
Maternal death rate in abortion-ban states vs. supportive states
< 1%
Of unintended pregnancies result in adoption — not lack of desire, but lack of support
22,180+
Additional births above projection in ban states post-Roe — no support system exists (Johns Hopkins 2025)
0 States
Have a structured long-term housing program dedicated to birth mothers
Open a Door
It's More Than Just a Care Package.
When you give to Ashley Adoption Project, you are not writing a check. You are opening a door that no man can shut. You are being the reason a young person receives their first care package and knows, for the first time, that someone in this world sees them.
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Care Packages
Launch and scale 500+ care packages for youth aging out of foster care — Hope, Time, and Chance delivered by hand.
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Housing & Mentorship
Support stable housing, mental health, and mentorship for birth mothers and foster youth building new lives.
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Global Experiences
Send youth on life-changing global learning experiences — showing them a world without the ceiling the system imposed.