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Why your voice matters
Every two minutes a child enters the foster care system. There is not a minute to waste. We must improve the foster care system for our peers. It’s critical for the the future of our generation and for the future of America.
Fact: Child abuse and neglect is the number one social concern among teenagers.
Fact: Young people volunteer at twice the rate of adults with 55 percent of young people volunteering, compared with only 29 percent of adults.
The Band Together Campaign leverages these two facts and engages young people in efforts to improve life for children in foster care.
Youth, both in and out of care, are being recruited to raise public awareness around the issues of foster care and to advocate for the resources needed to improve the system. The Campaign engages young people to take action in three ways to help improve life for children in foster care:
Start by Downloading the Band Together Pledge
Then follow these 3 steps:
understand, serve, and speak out
It's important that people from different backgrounds and organizations work together on this issue. Please click on the link below if you are"
A member of a Youth Group
A young person in foster care or a young alumni
A caring adult
Collaboration between multiple youth-serving organizations provides avenues for participation by young people: schools, scouts, church youth groups, foster care youth leaders… all are invited to Band Together to raise public awareness and resources to benefit children in foster care.
Join FosterClub and the Kids Are Waiting campaign and show your support for federal legislation that would help children in foster care leave the system and kinship caregivers access resources. Use an easy online form, and we will be sure that policy makers in Washington DC get your message. Learn more here
See one way FosterClub has taken action, with videos we've created to encourage the passing of new foster care legislation
Learn more here
Band Together 2008 Guide Download the Band Together: How Young People Can Make a Difference in Foster Care Download here
For some more ideas about volunteering options, check out our Volunteering Page
How young people are making a difference
