Foster Youth
Here on Network for Good people can look for information about parenting a foster child.
An organization that is geared towards youth who are aging out of foster care. It’s a comprehensive, youth-oriented site with information, advice, interactive features and a useful glossary of foster care terms.
United Friends of the Children is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bettering the lives of foster children and to supporting former foster youth in their journey to become successful, independent adults. Through our programs, advocacy efforts, and direct involvement with youth, UFC seeks to be a catalyst for change.
Represent is a national magazine written by and for young people in the foster care system. Through personal narratives and reported stories, the teen staff provides an inside look at life in the system that other teens in care can connect with. Teen readers report that the magazine makes them feel less alone and gives them practical insights into handling the challenges they face. The magazine is also an invaluable resource for adults. Staff, policymakers and foster parents report that reading Represent helps them understand the lives of young people in care in new ways.
A comprehensive site that aims to give Arizona foster youth helpful information about the foster care system, shelters, education, the job market, and all the resources available to them within their community.
This link provides foster children on how to navigate through the legal system. Through this site, foster youth are able to access the California Foster Youth Bill of Rights, and explains how to speak with their lawyers and take an active role in addressing judges and other legal representatives.
Foster Youth Services programs provide support services to foster care children who have suffered the effects of multiple families and broken schooling.
The California Foster Youth Education Task Force is dedicated to improving the outcomes of educational outcomes for children in foster care.
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation provides funding to non-profit organizations who are dedicated to improving the lives of children.
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.
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.
Colorado’s state web portal has information about foster parents and child welfare.