Be a Mentor
Every child living in foster care needs to have support from someone who encourages him to envision a better life. Being a mentor is a unique opportunity to show a young person that he or she has someone to rely upon, even through challenging times. Peace 4 Kids has a wonderful mentor program that links foster and at youth risk with caring adults.
Be a Foster Parent
Offer a warm and safe home environment to abused and neglected children. Specialized training, support and financial assistance are available. Westside Children’s Center is a wonderful foster family agency in the Los Angeles area who can certify you as an fost/adopt parent.
Be an Adoptive Parent
Provide a permanent, loving home to a foster child through adoption. You do not have to be wealthy or married; single people, unmarried couples, and partners can all adopt. Westside Children’s Center can also certify you to become an adoptive parent.
Be a CASA
Help a child by becoming a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA). CASAs are volunteers from the community who visit their assigned foster child and advocate for the best interests of the child both inside and outside the courtroom. Learn more about this amazing organization by visiting National Casa.
Be a Donor
While foster care system does its best to provide the necessities of life, youth often lack birthday gifts, musical instruments, sports uniforms, or other items many children take for granted. By donating funds, an unwrapped gift, or a gift certificate, you can help fill these voids. During the month of May, Children’s Action Network collects new and gently used luggage to give foster children an organized and dignified way to transfer their belongings when moving placements.
Be an Employer
Invest in hiring young people from the foster care system and training them for successful careers. Employers provide foster youth with a critical start toward a lifetime of self-sufficiency. United Friends of the Children, an organization that supports foster youth in their journey to become successful, independent adults, can assist you in hiring one of these great young people.
Links
Casa
The National CASA Association is a network of 1,000 program offices that are recruiting, training and supporting volunteers to represent the best interests of abused and neglected children in the courtroom and other settings.
www.casaforchildren.org
Network for Good
http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/humanserv/foster_care/
National Foster Parent Association
To support foster parents in achieving safety, permanence and well-being for the children and youth in their care.
www.nfpainc.org
Foster club
FosterClub is the national network for young people in foster care.
www.fosterclub.com
United Friends Of Children (volunteer)
Mission: 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.
www.unitedfriends.org
Bienvenidos (volunteer)
As a nonprofit, community-based organization, Bienvenidos fulfills its mission by delivering a comprehensive array of services that empower children and their families, are culturally responsive, and are effective models of prevention and intervention.
www.bienvedidos.org
Aviva Center (volunteer)
The mission of Aviva Family and Children’s Services is to provide a comprehensive range of diverse and culturally sensitive therapeutic and educational programs to help at-risk, emotionally distressed, abused, and neglected youth – as well as their families – function more effectively as individuals and within the family and community.
www.avivacenter.org
Peace 4 Kids (volunteer)
Peace4Kids provides programs and services for foster and at-risk youth from ages 5-18, and after they transition to adulthood until age 24.
www.peace4kids.org
New Star Family Center (Volunteer)
New Star Family Center is a community-based nonprofit organization dedicated to family preservation. Our programs and services are designed to strengthen and empower communities through education, advocacy and awareness activities.
www.starfamilycenter.org
The Dream Catcher Foundation (Policy)
The Dream Catcher Foundation (DCF) is a non-profit, 501(c) (3) organization. The DCFs mission is to provide a comprehensive therapeutic program that addresses the behavioral, emotional and educational needs of foster youth. It is also our mission to reunite every foster youth with their biological family or a foster family to promote permanency in their lives.
www.thedreamcatcherfoundation.net
Wings of Refuge (Policy)
Our mission is to facilitate family reunification through building stronger communities one family at a time. To deliver relevant, outcome based, needed services and resources that are of the highest quality and standards.
www.wingsofrefuge.org
Aspira Foster and Family Services (Policy)
A nonprofit 501(c)(3) community-based organization headquartered in South San Francisco, we offer a statewide network of innovative and multi-faceted services that enhances the lives of over 10,000 families each year.
www.aspiranet.org
Walden House (Policy)
The mission of Walden House is to give hope and change lives for people affected by substance abuse and mental health conditions. We do this by offering behavioral health services and tools for living to youth, adults, and families throughout California.
www.waldenhouse.org
Olivecrest Treatment Center (Outreach)
We work tirelessly to meet the individual needs of kids in crisis by providing safe homes, counseling, and education for both youth and parents.
www.olivecrest.org
Nuevo Amanecer Latino (Outreach)
Nuevo Amanecer Latino’s mission is to provide children and parents with the best educational and treatment family-based treatment services while improving the children’s quality of life
www.nalffa.org |
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