Foster children change homes an average of four to six times every two years, and oftentimes move with nothing but a trash bag of clothes and hope for care, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

A Buda nonprofit CEO and mother, Susan Ramirez, started Austin Angels with the hope of changing local lives. Now, Austin Angels is a national organization serving 21 chapters around the country while still calling Hays County home.

Ramirez’s organization serves 25 Hays County...