Foster Youth
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Here on Network for Good people can look for information about parenting a foster child.
NFPA is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping foster parents achieve safety, permanence, and well-being for the children and youth in their care.
The NFCC is a national partnership of organizations and individuals dedicated to improving the lives of more than half a million children currently in the foster care system.
The National Council for Adoption is committed to the belief that every child deserves a permanent family and has a mission to meet the diverse needs of adopted children.
A Home Within is dedicated to meeting the emotional needs of foster youth today.
The U.S. Department of health provides thousands of resources to anyone who needs information about foster care, homelessness in youth, or adoption.
generationOn is a global youth service movement that hopes to inspire all kids to make a positive impact on the world. generationOn gives children the opportunity to observe the issues in their community and then supplies them with the tools and resources they need to in order to become part of the solution. generationOn’s Learning To Give curriculum teaches the importance of volunteerism, civic engagement, and character building through service-learning.