Foster Youth
The HOPE Mentoring Program has been put into place in order to making meaningful community connections for teens in out of home care. Our hope is that these community mentors will maintain relationships with their mentees long after the one year commitment has been fullfilled, and that these lasting relationships will ease the transition from foster care to independence.
Children & Families of Iowa’s Elevate is a youth-driven program that inspires change, compassion and connection for foster and adoptive youth in Iowa. Elevate members are youth ages 13 and up who have been involved in foster care, adoption or other out-of-home placements. We are young people who want to make a difference in the child welfare system. We come from every background and we all have stories to tell. Elevate’s mission is to inspire others to new levels of understanding and compassion to the life connection needs of foster care and adoptive teens by sharing their personal stories of hope.
Idaho’s Independent Living Program assists youth ages 15 to 21 develop the skills necessary to make a successful transition from foster care to independent living. Youth who have been in care for 90 cumulative days after their 15th birthday are eligible for Independent Living services.
Since 1971, ITAO has made a difference in the lives of thousands of children in Hawaii by offering resources and information to those in the community concerned with protecting the interests of children and youth in out-of-home care, while providing responsible advocacy.
This volunteer-based organization works to provide Georgia’s foster children with their basic necessities and support. They have an active facility that includes a distribution center (for dispersing free clothes and toys), and a resource center.
Waterbury Youth Services is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to providing resources and the overall wellbeing of children.
Colorado’s state web portal has information about foster parents and child welfare.
An organization that serves foster children in Orange, Osceola, and Seminole County in many ways. Grants are given to help children participate in sports, arts, cultural events, and receive educational tutoring. They also provide children with their basic personal hygiene items, celebrate birthdays, provide a housewarming basket to foster children when they turn eighteen, and run summer camps and activities.
This site is run by Office of the Foster Care Ombudsman of California and provides a multitude of information concerning foster youth in the state. It lays out many legal rights, options, and information foster youth should be aware of.
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation provides funding to non-profit organizations who are dedicated to improving the lives of children.
The California Foster Youth Education Task Force is dedicated to improving the outcomes of educational outcomes for children in foster care.
Foster Youth Services programs provide support services to foster care children who have suffered the effects of multiple families and broken schooling.